American Cancer Society
Nov. 19th, 2011 10:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ericadawn16So, I've been having some quandaries lately about the American Cancer Society. Last year, I supported Relay for Life and everyone's fundraising efforts.
This year, I keep hearing troubling things about not accepting donations, about the bill they helped kill and the fact that their CEO makes $1,045,887 a year
Seriously? Is seven figures really that necessary? The freaking president of the whole country is only paid $400,000 a year. Shouldn't that money be going to help people?
Now, the American Heart Association did release their reasons for helping to kill the bill:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/larryhusten/2011/11/01/daily-show-asks-why-the-aha-killed-a-bill-encouraging-healthy-behavior/
I can understand some of it, but why not help with rewriting the bill or creating additional riders to it rather than just killing it altogether?
This year, I keep hearing troubling things about not accepting donations, about the bill they helped kill and the fact that their CEO makes $1,045,887 a year
Seriously? Is seven figures really that necessary? The freaking president of the whole country is only paid $400,000 a year. Shouldn't that money be going to help people?
Now, the American Heart Association did release their reasons for helping to kill the bill:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/larryhusten/2011/11/01/daily-show-asks-why-the-aha-killed-a-bill-encouraging-healthy-behavior/
I can understand some of it, but why not help with rewriting the bill or creating additional riders to it rather than just killing it altogether?
