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theiving social workers

2000-11-21 19:44:14+01 by Dan Lyke 1 comments

Dan's in a pissed off cynical mood this morning, so Flutterby's taking a turn for the darker: Social workers plead guilty to stealing Christmas fund money. As charity by proxy and buying conscience through front funds set up primarily to pay the employees of the non-profit become more popular of course this is going to happen. If you want to change your community, work to be involved and be a part of it, don't just pay someone else to fix things.

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#Comment made: 2002-02-21 06:30:36+01 by: ebwolf

My ex-wife is a social worker at an organization funded by the United Way. When she first started there she said the HR person who was giving her her tax forms and other paycheck related paperwork told her they have 100% participation in United Way paycheck donations. That is, everyone there gave a percentage of their pay to the United Way. What a racket! At least my father's military pension is tax-exempt from Federal taxes...

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