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Taxed and Spent

On 6/17/2016 6:47 AM, wrote:
> On Fri, 17 Jun 2016 06:32:50 -0700, Taxed and Spent
> > wrote:
>
>> On 6/17/2016 6:22 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>> On 2016-06-17 6:41 AM, wrote:
>>>
>>>> There are many I will not give to on account of salaries. Our local
>>>> food bank, the CEO is making $143,000 pa, I'm not suggesting she
>>>> shouldn't be paid, but less than that, something more in keeping with
>>>> the average around here.
>>>
>>> It's a lot more than she would get if she was managing a store. The
>>> could drop her salary and pay a few people instead of relying on
>>> volunteers.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> They could pay her a bit less, still rely on volunteers, and put the
>> money toward the charitable work. Plenty of able bodies people with
>> time on their hands showing up at food banks for the handouts, some of
>> them should be drafted into service once in a while. Will they balk?
>
> I don't think people show up at the food bank if they don't need to -
> that sounds like you are mimicking Trump Talk.
>

I didn't say they didn't need the help. I said they were able bodies
with time on their hands.