Kat:

“I’m still appalled that they can get away with this stuff. “Normal” charities are scrutinized fairly carefully,”

They’re NOT a “normal” anything, only asserting they’re ‘religious’ to avoid any real oversight or regulation, JUST like Ron needed to pull his scams off.

OSD:
“BTW, my wife would like to meet you too, if that’s ok.
”
Don’t forget to remind her that both she and Mike are married 😉

KAT said, in part:
” 7 people, lets say 100.00 (they have to be realistic) per hour for 10 hour shifts.”
NO THEY DON’T HAVE TO BE REALISTIC! Remember, they claim 10,000,000 members worldwide with not a hint of a smirk on their “straight face”.

Sparkay said:
” To deliver assists to those in need” Can these morons get any more delusional ?”
Yes, they can. Supposedly, exorcised BTs are ‘clear’ and contribute directly to a cleared planet; part of the justification for the 100,000 (or whatever ) OT VIIs rallying cry.
Yup, and there’s this BRIDGE you’ll just LOVE!

Cat W said:
“… This is something that should be stopped. And should be able to be stopped. Insurance companies generally don’t like to shell out money for pseudoscience, and as far as I knew, don’t. If they are, I’m hoping it becomes a project to inform them of how they’re being ripped off until they stop covering Narconon.”

IIRC, Insurance companies ARE wise to Narconon, and are a large part of the demise of NN in Oklahoma.

Kat:
“Another loophole they are using is probably that ‘donations’ don’t necessarily go to what you donated for. For example, if you donate to the Red Cross after a disaster, the money you donate may not actually be allocated to go to that specific incident (If you donated to Hurricane Katrina, your money may have actually been sent to help a family displaced by a fire in California instead). It depends on how the charity is set up and how the donations are solicited. It can also depend on if the person donating is very, very specific about how their donation is to be used.”

I have a friend who has worked for the Int’l Red Cross for years and I’ve heard how hard their volunteers and staff work, so I’m sensitive to stories about them.

One problem I’ve heard for SOME relief organization, might not be the Red Cross was that specifying donations to a specific ongoing or past event can hamper their ability to properly allocate funds, etc. to the LATER disasters. AFAICT, by the time people respond with donations for an ongoing disaster, they’ve already spent what they have available or a bit more, perhaps everything that COULD be used. Thus, I would NOT limit my donations to any VALID relief organizations to one specific crisis. Just give it to them and let the experts do the necessary accounting. That way, they can stay AHEAD of the crises, unlike the VMs who use every little or big disaster as a way to line DM’s diminutive pockets with big wads of cash which will be spent however Dwarfenführer chooses, and likely NOT on the actual disaster-of-the-moment being used for unrestricted donations while NO IAS funds are used to fund the VMs (or whatever).

Jere – Sounds like politics with some politicians seemingly coming to believe their own lies. Happily enough politics is only one part of life.

Or as a politician

“Shame on you IAS for pretending to help others when in fact the only concern is to keep stealing money.”

The Sea Org people in the know, the ones at the very top, those directly under Miscavige who run the IAS should be deeply ashamed.

I don’t include Miscave himself or his attorneys in this castigation as they are in a criminal league of their own.

Jere,

Id bet they do an hourly because too many people would refuse the touching (creeeeeeepppppyyyy). Lets see: 7 people, lets say 100.00 (they have to be realistic) per hour for 10 hour shifts….otherwise they may get into trouble by ‘overworking’ them. That would add up really quickly for that tax write off!!!

Kat