Mecklenburg County Commissioner Ruth Samuelson makes some good points about when taxpayer financing of nonprofits is appropriate and why it is possible to like charities but deny them public funds. Here?s a nugget:
While some of the organizations receiving taxpayer funds fall into the “privatized services” category, others are simply recipients of funds provided at the discretion of the board of county commissioners. Depending on your perspective, you may think of this funding as extending county services, charitable giving or pork barrel spending. Either way, it diverts money away from the core responsibilities of the county and from the pockets of the taxpayers.
Yep.
