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<blockquote data-quote="tRidiot" data-source="post: 3030415" data-attributes="member: 9374"><p>Another thing....</p><p></p><p>This is going to likely beat the hell out of Hispaniola, and the loss of life on the Haiti side is liable to be horrendous. We've all seen it before... the Dominican Republic on the east side of the island get hit with damage, the west side of the island (Haiti) gets devastated. The economy is so bad, the people live in such poverty, a very large percentage of the population lives in huts on hillsides made of scrap lumber and tin. They have nowhere to go, the mudslides caused by deforestation for farming on the hillsides and the lack of infrastructure leads to massive loss. The Red Cross capitalized on this a few years back, <strong>raising over a billion dollars in relief funds</strong> specifically earmarked for Haiti aid and ultimately ended up spending only about $20M of that in the country, if my recollection is correct. They used every reason in the book to keep that money, essentially relying mainly on the government's history of corruption as an excuse to keep the money to fund their organization.</p><p></p><p>This is why I will not donate to the Red Cross.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tRidiot, post: 3030415, member: 9374"] Another thing.... This is going to likely beat the hell out of Hispaniola, and the loss of life on the Haiti side is liable to be horrendous. We've all seen it before... the Dominican Republic on the east side of the island get hit with damage, the west side of the island (Haiti) gets devastated. The economy is so bad, the people live in such poverty, a very large percentage of the population lives in huts on hillsides made of scrap lumber and tin. They have nowhere to go, the mudslides caused by deforestation for farming on the hillsides and the lack of infrastructure leads to massive loss. The Red Cross capitalized on this a few years back, [B]raising over a billion dollars in relief funds[/B] specifically earmarked for Haiti aid and ultimately ended up spending only about $20M of that in the country, if my recollection is correct. They used every reason in the book to keep that money, essentially relying mainly on the government's history of corruption as an excuse to keep the money to fund their organization. This is why I will not donate to the Red Cross. [/QUOTE]
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