Wow. Pretty amazing insinuations.
Who said the Red Cross and other charities didnt get money for Katrina victims? Or didnt pass it on to the victims? Funny, two men were arrested and jailed and have to pay back the thousands they stole from Red Cross by filing false Katrina claims! After 10 months the Red Cross okeyed about 12 million dollars to be paid out. The payout went to the businesses that had offered to help with the repairs, rebuilding or whatever. No, they were not just going to hand a family a check for $8,000- we all have a good idea what would happen with that. It's not that funds didnt go out, it was all the fraudsters who jumped on the bandwagon to get a free check to spend on a new car, a vacation or plastic surgery! Or hey, how about the season football tickets that were purchased on some of the 1.5 million dollars worth of debit cards that were mailed out to supposed victims.
Nearly 6300 medical personel were sent to help with victims- what if those folks had said they were not interested in helping?
Nearly 100,000 damaged roofs were covered with the 'blue roofs' so that the families could continue to live in their house while repairs were being done. More than 112,000 mobile homes were used as housing for folks that needed them. More than 1.3 million inspections were done in three states to get accurate reports of what the actual impact on homes were.
More than 99 million cubic yards of debris and trash were removed and disposed of at a cost beyond 3.7 billion dollars. More than 650 million dollars was paid out for hotel and motel rooms for those that were homeless. Six BILLION dollars was provided to victims for housing and other needs. And over 15.3 billion was paid out to National Flood Insurance Program policyholders. This is all only a drop in the bucket.
For ONE backhoe cleaning up debris, do you have a clue what it costs to run one per day?
The folks at CMHR donate a lot of their time and their own finances, but do you think that they should just foot the bill all on their own? Dont donate anything because heaven forbid, they might get paid back $20 for the $150 they spent on gas to haul horses to safety, or to a vet somewhere? Or a free tube of wormer for a horse they are putting hours into to try to save that doesnt even belong to them?
Do you think this is all for free? How about adding up the cost of a few tons of hay, wormer for over a hundred horses, antibiotics and other meds for those that will need it, not to mention the farrier work, shots per piece, etc.... the final bill just for MINIMAL stuff could be astounding.
Go ahead and go through life being skeptical and sitting on your hands, but when you need help, remember how many you helped in your lifetime, and expect to get back what you gave out.
Unfortunately, with all the 'things being collected', if they are not used on this bunch of horses, they will certainly be used on another. I have about seen my fill of emaciated horses the last week to last me a lifetime. Perhaps you should volunteer to help out at a homeless shelter, battered women's shelter or some place and see just what it costs to run something like that on a daily basis and look at all the people there that are 'not getting help'.
Sorry I got off topic here, but what an unbelievable attitude and things to say about folks that are seriously trying to help out here and get some of our equine friends out of horrible situations that they should never have been put in!
