Disasters like this are the responsibility of the Federal Government, not private charities. If the Government is going to depend on private charities to fund disaster relief, then they need to audit the charities for efficiency and the proper use of tax deductible donations. The current law provides absolutely no auditing of tax deductible donations or the efficient use of tax deductible funds. So, a charity can operate as inefficiently as they want, and there are no Government rules or oversight. This is a waste of taxpayer money. And, $8 million is pocket change compared to what the Government spends on other things. Obviously, the Government is not very efficient, but private charities are even more inefficient.
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