PZ Myers is disappointed by the results of the Tampa Bay Times‘ recent investigation into how charities are spending the money they collect:
The worst are the cancer charities, and the article singles out the Reynolds family and their nepotistic mill for turning dying people into salaries. Cancer is so easy for these crooks: everyone hates it, there’s no plus side to the disease, and there’s a wealth of tragic heart-string-tugging tales to be mined from it. And you can’t tell from the names what they’re doing! “Breast Cancer Society,” for instance…how can you refuse to support that? “Children’s Cancer Fund of America” — OMG, children with cancer? Here’s $50. And then the members of the family doing the bilking make 6 figure salaries for shipping boxes of surplus junk to cancer patients. It reinforces my opinion that most people are good, but that there are always parasites who know what buttons to push to exploit them.
The Times’ list of the 50 worst charities here.
The Dish 