Can the Cans
Why food drives are a terrible idea.
By Matthew Yglesias
Posted Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011, at 12:29 PM ET
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But a fundamental issue is that many organizations feel that asking for money—like requesting cash as a gift—seems somewhat gauche. So, let me be rude on their behalf: Find well-managed charities in your community and trust them to know how to do their job. They have access to food at a fraction of the price. They know their clients, and they have better things to do than to sort through your canned goods. And from your perspective, it’s much easier to document a monetary donation for tax purposes. Good intentions are lovely, but particularly in hard times it’s more important to make sure your charitable dollars go as far as possible. Can the cans. Hand over some cash.
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Of course, this IGNORES the fundamental problem of Gooferment “food banks”!
Private charities do a far more effective and efficient job.
When you feed stray cats, you get more of them.
We should be helping people enable themselves to take of themselves. Families should be helping. Churches and Associations should be helping.
Everybody, but the Gooferment. They are structurally unable to help!
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