08-31-2017, 01:09 PM
Some reasons why I'm not a fan of the Red Cross is 1) executive compensation in 2010 was 4.5 million dollars. No idea what it is now, no desire to look up the stats 2) They SELL the blood that people donate. It's not like when you donate blood it gets donated to people who need blood, it is sold for dollars and the dollars used for whatever "operating expenses" the Red Cross has (like executive salaries). Blood drives are monetary drives, plain and simple. If there was ever an actual blood shortage, start paying 'donors' half the money a hospital charges the blood recipient, and the hospital would be drowning blood. The Red Cross is an effective "middle man" in the "blood trade". Sad but true.
All that being said, the Red Cross is probably the best organized and most financially efficient disaster relief agency in the world. When I give money to disaster relief, I give it to the Red Cross. It's much less time consuming than supporting them through their blood racket.
All that being said, the Red Cross is probably the best organized and most financially efficient disaster relief agency in the world. When I give money to disaster relief, I give it to the Red Cross. It's much less time consuming than supporting them through their blood racket.