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Politics : The Obama - Clinton Disaster -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: jmhollen who wrote (37845)	9/15/2010 1:56:17 PM
From: John	4 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 103300

Absolutely. Many people naturally want to help those who try and make an effort. It's a natural, healthy response. The natural caring and giving spirit always represented the beautiful aspects of churches, civic organizations, anonymous philanthropists, and a community's goodwill and charity. Such beautiful acts of unsolicited caring, compassion, generosity are irreparably soured and ruined when the government becomes involved and attempts to administer and control the processes for political purposes and self-gain. Nothing turns me off or closes my wallet faster. Consequently, my wife and I no longer give to any charities. Instead, each year we ask a local church for the names and addresses of a couple of very needy families. At Thanksgiving and Christmas, we go to Sam's Club and purchase a new refrigerator/freezer, along with tons of bulk foods and beverages to stock it and a pantry. We also grab a few kitchen supplies and winter coats and jackets as well. We personally deliver all of this to the families ourselves; one family on Thanksgiving and the other on Christmas. We've been doing this since 2005. From our perspective, this is the only way we can be sure that our charitable donations and gifts are not siphoned off en route to the desired location.