What charities do you dislike and why?

[BlueStreak]

111. I never said that. I said they are charities

and they ought to act like it. I said there are plenty of qualified people with excellent executive experience who would be willing to serve in a charity for wages that are more in keeping with the concept of it being a charity -- you know, one of those places that depends on the generosity of people making $50,000 a year.

It is an old boy network that has nothing to do with charity. They are just money machines and the people at the top make sure they get theirs. I wouldn't give a nickel to an organization that pays their top people a half million bucks a year.

Here is what real charities pay their leaders.
http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=topten.detail&listid=92

Here is what "charity scams" look like.
http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=topten.detail&listid=8

Yes, I agree the leader of Red Cross carries a heavier load than the Brazos County Food Bank. But $250,000 ought to be enough to get a well experienced, highly qualified executive to head an organization like the Red Cross. Obviously such a person should be able to make more in a for-profit industry, but that is completely irrelevant. These are charities and there are a lot of qualified people who are willing to serve a worthy charity for a lot less than a million bucks a year.