Charity...False Pretensions Galore!

Truly, they have their reward all the best, urban

Just because someone is wealthy, does not mean that he has selfish motives in order to donate his organs or money to the poor. If that were the case, then many wealthy people will refuse to give to charity in order not to be thought of as wanting recognition for false reasons. So what you are saying is very dangerous and may make many of the poor poorer. And should only the middle class and the poorer class give to charity because their motives would be pure and would that not make their situation more tenuous? You cannot judge the person's motives. Only God can do that .

Too many people today are selfish and self serving. It is pretty said that what you write about is going on but some feel that the more money they have the better no matter what they have to do.

Every good act has some benefit like every bad act brings some punishment. There are some who are like as you suggested. There are others who have realized how tough the going is, especially when there is no help forthcoming at the right time. So they have started such institutions. Having said that, I think what they should do is make such institutions self sustaining institutions. Recently I came across mouth and foot paintings. They were superb. And quite affordable too!!! Why dont people patronize such things? Most people buy steel vessels to give as favors on demise of a person. If such gift was replaced by mugs from mouth and foot paintings guys, it would help the handicapped people live a respectful life for several years. But such organizations rarely make a sound. They also dont offer IT benefits.

I agree with you. I think its all to show off how much money they have and how much they are helping the world. Just to get their name out there... If they really cared they would be in the street, looking for people to help out of the kindness of their hearts. There are SO many people that are homeless on all of our streets, why not go out and help them? Give them some money or some food. That would be more endearing than what they do...

It has been fashionable since the eighties for celebs to attach themselves to a charity - usually a charity that was fashionable We have some in the UK - Children In Need, Comic Relief and Sport Relief - These charities work very simply - Millionaire celebrities come on TV and tell us to give them money - Idiots tend to donate. Bono, the lead singer of U2 is another one - He is a multi Millionaire that has protected the earnings of U2 in a tax haven - Then he tells us we are not doing enough for help third world debt or starving children... ....If that PR|CK wants to help starving children he should put his hand in his pocket. I do not give to mainstream charity because the heads of these organisations tend to be on inflated salaries. I give to local charities and ones that are not aligned with celebrities. There is one celebrity that does deserve respect for his charity work, because he does not bang on about it and it is a charity he set up himself. Craig Bellamy once of Liverpool does not come across as a likable bloke, but for over 10 years he has helped build and fund a school and clinic in Africa - That is SELFLESS

I would say that while this may be true, the world is also full of those that give just to give. Even, me, who has small earthly goods to give am moved to give what I can to others. It makes me feel good, like I have a small bit of control over life. True or not, I get no other benefit. I know many who give their whole lives to others, not for reward but rather because that is the way they choose to live their lives. Why not encourage this positive energy rather then the negative one of gift only for worldly rewards?

I don't know how true this is but my teacher said that rich people like businessmen and clebrities are choosing to donate in charity rather than to pay tax. Like singers for example, we would often hear that part of their income would go to charity donations, this is to attract more people to buy tickets but the real reason is that it avoids them from paying a large sum of money for tax plus it's gives them a good reputation of being a good person. When a company is promoting a contest for their costumers, it's also about their tax. It crops a large amount of their tax if they are having contest. One of the highest tax a company would pay is about environment or garbage disposal, this is why one of the contest's rule is to let us collect bottle caps, wrappers or papers of their products.