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The Pros And Cons Of Red Cross Leadership

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The general argument made by Sean Illing in his work, “Veteran reporter: Why you shouldn’t donate to the Red Cross after disasters”, is how Red Cross is untrustworthy and a “dysfunctional organization”. More specifically, Illing argues that “Red Cross leadership has misled Congress[,] resisted oversight[,] don’t open their books[, are] not transparent[,] only release details after they’re publicly shamed[,] [make] $2.6 billion [annually, no way to spend it, and] get away with it”. The association “[sees] disasters as [charity opportunities], and as unavoidable acts of God...They’re better at short-term relief[, for example, single house fires]. He writes, suggesting that one donates straight to the local victims instead: “we [should] worry

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