Donate blood.. at least we know where thats going.
Charity....As you open your pockets for yet another natural disaster
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Math check: There is a HUGE difference between 1% and 1% of 1%. We're talking about the latter. These CEO's are making 1% of 1% or sometimes 2-4% of 1%. That is 1/100 of 1%. It's 1/100 of the amount you are saying (in the case of the Red Cross).
Massive difference. The difference between 1% of 3.5 BILLION dollars and 0.01% (which is 1% of 1%) of 3.5 billion dollars is several MILLION dollars....
1% of 1% = 1/10,000
2% of 1% = 2/10,000 = 1/5,000
3% of 1% = 3/10,000
etc.
on the other hand
1% = .01 = 1/100
Math check: There is a HUGE difference between 1% and 1% of 1%. We're talking about the latter. These CEO's are making 1% of 1% or sometimes 2-4% of 1%. That is 1/100 of 1%. It's 1/100 of the amount you are saying (in the case of the Red Cross).
Massive difference. The difference between 1% of 3.5 BILLION dollars and 0.01% (which is 1% of 1%) of 3.5 billion dollars is several MILLION dollars....
1% of 1% = 1/10,000
2% of 1% = 2/10,000 = 1/5,000
3% of 1% = 3/10,000
etc.
on the other hand
1% = .01 = 1/100
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Yeah the vampires buy a lot of stock in blood banks.
You Twilight fans know how to truly show you're Team Edward.
Donating whole blood does help a lot, but for those who can't handle the stress of it you can also donate plasma... they filter it out and give the red cells back to you so the strain on your body isn't so much. Don't know if they have centers everywhere but they have a couple right around me.
You Twilight fans know how to truly show you're Team Edward.
Donating whole blood does help a lot, but for those who can't handle the stress of it you can also donate plasma... they filter it out and give the red cells back to you so the strain on your body isn't so much. Don't know if they have centers everywhere but they have a couple right around me.
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That IS a good point Ridge. Sure they ARE profiting, but they're doing so at a place that helps folks, rather than just making money off folks like they would have done had they taken a job with Big Business Inc.
Still think if they were true volunteers out to help mankind they'd do it for as little as possible... 100k is a LOT in my book...
And, after Federal taxes, medicare, social security, state income taxes, etc. your take home pay is under $70k....and that doesn't include medical insurance OR student loan payments...
You can't live on that in some parts of the country. Or, rather, not as people would think a middle class American should be able to live.
And don't forget the hidden costs of having an income at this level: Your children no longer qualify for Pell grants, etc. for college. Make a lower income and your kids can get a free ride to school. Make 100,000 gross and you' don't make enough to send your kids to college without borrowing the money for it. (Well, you can probably swing community college tuition, but not university tuition!)
That IS a good point Ridge. Sure they ARE profiting, but they're doing so at a place that helps folks, rather than just making money off folks like they would have done had they taken a job with Big Business Inc.
Still think if they were true volunteers out to help mankind they'd do it for as little as possible... 100k is a LOT in my book...
And, after Federal taxes, medicare, social security, state income taxes, etc. your take home pay is under $70k....and that doesn't include medical insurance OR student loan payments...
You can't live on that in some parts of the country. Or, rather, not as people would think a middle class American should be able to live.
And don't forget the hidden costs of having an income at this level: Your children no longer qualify for Pell grants, etc. for college. Make a lower income and your kids can get a free ride to school. Make 100,000 gross and you' don't make enough to send your kids to college without borrowing the money for it. (Well, you can probably swing community college tuition, but not university tuition!)
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I think I'll try one last post on this thread. My topic is perspective. Is the glass half full or half empty?
Let's use the amount $400,000 in annual salary. That is a lot of money to me. It is also in the general range of what some of the people we are talking about make. Most of the people we are talking about that head the big charities have the talent and ability to make a lot of money in industry. I think most could get in the range of $2,000,000 per year as CEO or very high up in many companies. I could be wrong. It could be $4,000,000 or $1,000,000. Either way, they are making $400,000. Some will see the $400,000 and will say, they make too much. Some will see the potential of $2,000,000 and say, they took a $1,600,000 pay cut to take the job. That is a big sacrifice.
As an engineer, I deny the glass is either half full or half empty. I think the glass is too big.
Let's use the amount $400,000 in annual salary. That is a lot of money to me. It is also in the general range of what some of the people we are talking about make. Most of the people we are talking about that head the big charities have the talent and ability to make a lot of money in industry. I think most could get in the range of $2,000,000 per year as CEO or very high up in many companies. I could be wrong. It could be $4,000,000 or $1,000,000. Either way, they are making $400,000. Some will see the $400,000 and will say, they make too much. Some will see the potential of $2,000,000 and say, they took a $1,600,000 pay cut to take the job. That is a big sacrifice.
As an engineer, I deny the glass is either half full or half empty. I think the glass is too big.
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But, IMO sacrifice IS what charity is all about... you sacrifice your free time to volunteer. You could be watching the game, taking your kids to the park, etc but instead you sacrifice that to do good for others. That's at the bottom of the totem pole, in the trenches so to speak. And those there don't consider it a sacrifice... in the true sense of the word you know?
I just think it's a shame that $400k a year is considered a sacrifice... that ONLY making that much makes them this fabulous giving person. I just don't see it that way myself personally.
Agree 100% though that the glass is too dang big... if other CEOs weren't making those outlandish salaries then charities wouldn't have to offer this kind of cash to get people willing to give their time.
Rozzie, I suppose you're right there. I can't really understand the costs because I've never been there. Parents weren't there. Grandparents weren't there. Great Grandparents weren't there. Our kin has always been in the lower income bracket... really lucky if they came remotely close to 100k... (or the equiv for their time) even with both working... it's always been a struggle, including money for school... so 100k seems like a LOT to me. Even more so in comparison to the folks these charities help who make way less than we do or nothing at all.
But, again glass too big. What some deem livable would be downright opulent to me. Clothes that are clean and warm are good enough for me... for others nothing less than a $3000 is worth even looking at. Rustbucket that gets me where I need to go, vs the latest greatest fad of a sports car. Home with enough room for us four, warm, safe... vs thousands in square footage for your maid to clean... what I consider a good decent life is totally different from what others do... I know that, I've seen plenty sneer when I say I found my top at the thrift store... and I know I've nearly fainted when they've said they ONLY paid $XXXX for this or that. Perspective is a funny thing.
If you want to be a cutthroat shark of a businessman, willing to crush your competition, etc and they're willing to pay you out the nose to be that person... okay. I just find it weird to see that kind of attitude at the head of a CHARITY. Organizations who are all about helping others, NOT take what you can. It just seems... I donno, like an oxymoron... or hypocritical or something. Meh, a master of words I am not.
But, IMO sacrifice IS what charity is all about... you sacrifice your free time to volunteer. You could be watching the game, taking your kids to the park, etc but instead you sacrifice that to do good for others. That's at the bottom of the totem pole, in the trenches so to speak. And those there don't consider it a sacrifice... in the true sense of the word you know?
I just think it's a shame that $400k a year is considered a sacrifice... that ONLY making that much makes them this fabulous giving person. I just don't see it that way myself personally.
Agree 100% though that the glass is too dang big... if other CEOs weren't making those outlandish salaries then charities wouldn't have to offer this kind of cash to get people willing to give their time.
Rozzie, I suppose you're right there. I can't really understand the costs because I've never been there. Parents weren't there. Grandparents weren't there. Great Grandparents weren't there. Our kin has always been in the lower income bracket... really lucky if they came remotely close to 100k... (or the equiv for their time) even with both working... it's always been a struggle, including money for school... so 100k seems like a LOT to me. Even more so in comparison to the folks these charities help who make way less than we do or nothing at all.
But, again glass too big. What some deem livable would be downright opulent to me. Clothes that are clean and warm are good enough for me... for others nothing less than a $3000 is worth even looking at. Rustbucket that gets me where I need to go, vs the latest greatest fad of a sports car. Home with enough room for us four, warm, safe... vs thousands in square footage for your maid to clean... what I consider a good decent life is totally different from what others do... I know that, I've seen plenty sneer when I say I found my top at the thrift store... and I know I've nearly fainted when they've said they ONLY paid $XXXX for this or that. Perspective is a funny thing.
If you want to be a cutthroat shark of a businessman, willing to crush your competition, etc and they're willing to pay you out the nose to be that person... okay. I just find it weird to see that kind of attitude at the head of a CHARITY. Organizations who are all about helping others, NOT take what you can. It just seems... I donno, like an oxymoron... or hypocritical or something. Meh, a master of words I am not.
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But of course, they won't take everyone's blood.
But of course, they won't take everyone's blood.
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But of course, they won't take everyone's blood.
*sigh* yeah,.. i guess this is true.
In a way thats good that they are taking extra percautions.(getting blood back in the day was pretty scary...).... and in another way its very unfair. I dont like how they lump everyone together and assume things just because of a sexual preference or whatever..
But of course, they won't take everyone's blood.
*sigh* yeah,.. i guess this is true.
In a way thats good that they are taking extra percautions.(getting blood back in the day was pretty scary...).... and in another way its very unfair. I dont like how they lump everyone together and assume things just because of a sexual preference or whatever..
Hmm... donating plasma, it's been a few years but they ask about new piercings/tats (was it 1 year?) and they ask about drug use... and they prick your finger and make sure you aren't anemic before they'll let you donate to prevent people getting sick... but I don't recall them being really cranky about who was allowed. Now after you've donated if they find some reason you can't (disease, drug use, etc) then they'll let you know... but beforehand they seemed willing to take anyone who wasn't ill.
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Yeah..they ask about drugs/tats and piercings and sexual things too...
Yeah..they ask about drugs/tats and piercings and sexual things too...
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