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<blockquote data-quote="upandcomer" data-source="post: 760631" data-attributes="member: 13387">Tie, I generally respect and read almost everyone one of your posts.&nbsp; BUT, I think you are way off base here.&nbsp; People will give to their favorite charities if it is important to them.&nbsp; I honestly think if it is important enough for someone to dictate which charity their UW money goes to, they would give to that charity either way.The biggest problem I have with giving to United Way is they have to take their administrative cut before giving the money to the charity.&nbsp; I wish I knew what the cut was though.&nbsp; For example, I give $100 to United Way and it is designated to support a homeless youth program in my area, how much makes it to the homeless youth program? $95 dollars, $80 dollars?&nbsp; If I give the $100 directly to the homeless youth program, I know they get all $100 of my donation.Anyways I do think peoples resentment comes from the fact they feel like it is shoved down their throat, and how personally offended people who support United Way get if you don&#039;t participate in a fund raiser or UW activity.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="upandcomer, post: 760631, member: 13387"] Tie, I generally respect and read almost everyone one of your posts. BUT, I think you are way off base here. People will give to their favorite charities if it is important to them. I honestly think if it is important enough for someone to dictate which charity their UW money goes to, they would give to that charity either way. The biggest problem I have with giving to United Way is they have to take their administrative cut before giving the money to the charity. I wish I knew what the cut was though. For example, I give $100 to United Way and it is designated to support a homeless youth program in my area, how much makes it to the homeless youth program? $95 dollars, $80 dollars? If I give the $100 directly to the homeless youth program, I know they get all $100 of my donation. Anyways I do think peoples resentment comes from the fact they feel like it is shoved down their throat, and how personally offended people who support United Way get if you don't participate in a fund raiser or UW activity. [/QUOTE]

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