Alex Rast wrote:
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> One of the ways society operates is under the premise that there are some
> people who will give freely of their time, effort, and resources in order
> to help other individuals or institutions without expecting any physical
> compensation in return. In this case, the Association trusts that there
> will be a certain number of people who will gladly provide baked items
> without asking to be paid for the items they provide. That's the whole way
> by which these kinds of events make money.
>
> If you take the opposite viewpoint and require that everybody receive
> compensation for their contributions, this is the pure free-market
> capitalist economy, without any not-for-profit entities whatsoever. A pure
> free-market economy is a model some people advocate, but this would make it
> impossible (essentially, by definition) for Associations and other such
> entities to operate. So such organisations assume from the start that there
> will be those who will contribute unconditionally.
>
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But isn't there a disconnect when a group of people
donate items that cost them $10 and the organization
prices them at $2.50? The organization receives only
a small percentage of the donated value and there's
absolutely NO telling whether the purchasers/beneficiaries
are impoverished or millionaires.

gloria p