giving to charity

according to network for good, 89% of US households give to charity, and those households give, on average,$1,620, or 3.1% of their incomes. this is much more than i expected. even with so much money going to taxes and other major expenses, nearly all americans donate a substantial portion of their incomes.

i chose americares for katrina. any donation is good, i suppose, but it confounds me that with so much human suffering people donate instead to animal rescue efforts. in my opinion, i'd rather save all the people and worry about the animals later. i'd rather them be alive and missing fluffy than the reverse.

also check out missionfish's ebay auctions for various katrina-related charities.

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