Staff Reports
Americans pride themselves on their generosity. But we’ve become complacent, allowing others to make charitable decisions for us. We’re trusting bureaucracies like United Way and the federal government to distribute our hard-earned cash. And these middlemen? They’re wasting our money.
United Way promises efficiency but delivers gatekeeping. They demand smaller charities play by their rules—or risk being cut off. It’s charity with a corporate twist, with a hefty piece of our donations funding their fundraising empires. Instead of our money doing good, it’s being used to pad glossy brochures and propaganda campaign drives.
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Now, multiply this inefficiency a thousand times over, and you’ve got Washington. The government snagged your paycheck legally through taxes, and now they’re picking winners and losers with your dollars. Those faceless bureaucrats fund whatever aligns with their political whims, not what matters most to our communities. Public funds are chasing grant categories, not genuine need. That voluntary spirit is vanishing because Americans think they’ve already paid at the office — or through taxes.
This controlled generosity molds non-profits into government pawns. As non-profits scuttle to fit into pre-approved grant categories, leaders abandon the critical issues at home. Your money ends up supporting what Washington wants, rather than what you believe in. It’s United Way with nuclear warheads.
All is not lost; take back your charity. Sidestep the middlemen. Donate directly to local causes where you see results. Do the homework and back groups that solve problems rather than concoct bureaucratic schemes. Volunteering sharpens your instincts about who’s genuinely helping. Outsourcing your generosity inevitably wastes it. America’s choice for charity shouldn’t be United Way or Uncle Sam.
Isn’t it time we decide where our generosity flows? That choice should rest in the hands of every American, not behind the doors of last-century thinking conglomerates or sky-high government offices.
