Thinking of Joel Olstean I watched Dr. Phil today and he gave a plug for the Red Cross

[Maraya1969]

and said that he and his wife were donating $25,000

He is worth 400 million

$25,000 is .0000625 of 400 million

So I took my income, (and yeah you can figure it out from this calculation but I don't care) and multiplied by .000625

I got $2.40


2 dollars and fucking 40 cents is what this guy gave comparatively.

The filthy rich have a mental disease

[The_Casual_Observer]

1. Plus the red cross is a defective charity anyway.

[dflprincess]

2. The CEO has been all over the news shows trying to defend their image

I gave the to the Houston area United Way, it does have a separate fund for hurricane recovery. I figured the agencies it supports will be dealing with the aftermath long after the Red Cross and others have gone home.

[Laffy Kat]

3. Yes, very little of what you give the RC goes to where it's needed.

And the CEO earns around $500K per year.

[left-of-center2012]

10. The head of the Red Cross said ...

I think it was on the CBS Morning news show:

Donations go into a general fund,
rather than one specific to a cause,
such as hurricane Harvey.

[MLAA]

4. Another example...those with the least are the most generous.

[hfojvt]

5. you should use your net worth, not your income

since you used his net worth.

I was thinking of donating $30 which is admittedly only about 0.0002 of my net worth. Now I think I will hold off on that, not sure I can trust the charity,

[Maraya1969]

11. You are right. I don't really know what my net worth is besides my house but I

could guestimate.

[world wide wally]

6. When the wealthy think about money, they think about cost... When the rest of us think about money,

we think about how much we will have left after we spend. Our expectations are much lower.

[maddiemom]

7. Why should this surprise anyone?

Won't presume to make any recommendations , but everyone should take some time with all the internet information available, to check out what charities are worth the contributions. Years ago I did phone solicitations for several well-known charities through one of the telemarketing services, and immediately learned how much of the contributions were lost : charities taking the easy way to raise money. "United Fund" type organizations also take a lot of your contribution. As to the worth of celebrity contributions: sad the economic disparity today makes paltry celebrity contributions sound impressive to the average person, who is probably giving a greater percentage of their income.

[Mike Nelson]

8. Most people would...

...give up the cost of a Macaroni and Cheese dinner to help others... Dr. Phil and hid wife can write off their $25,000 and have and extra piece of pie after their dinner. Still, the public thinks Dr. Phil must be a wonderful man to donate all that money.

[Not Ruth]

9. Red Cross is very shady

They are the Trump of charity