On Food Stamps and Disability Benefits

[Cal Carpenter]

90. How right you are

and for anyone who questions what you are saying, you should check out the 'Development' department of a nonprofit hospital or university. Or the President's office.

I spent many years in the nonprofit world - working in a pretty great small, local org. Once in a while I would end up in someone's office just like the ones you describe. These people were working for a nonprofit..but with salaries well into the 6 figures and all the perks that go with being a corporate exec (fancy meals, golf outings, company cars)... This is a different world. This is a world of billion dollar endowments and $500/plate fundraisers. This is how the rich make up for their lack of contribution to society and maybe assuage their consciences about the wage and resource theft they commit in order to live like modern kings.

It's really fucking gross and you are absolutely right that this is part of the *institution* of poverty. It is part of the system that ensures poverty and never deals with the root causes (eta: in fact, this system *is* the root cause). It provides a superficial cover to legitimize the amassing of wealth among few.