BUYER BEWARE

In a free society, in any society, there are plenty of unscrupulous businesses out there. However, to protect us from yet more government control (and less individual freedom) we need to take personal responsibility for our choices. Fortunately, there are many private organizations that exist so that we can make good choices without government interference. At this time of the year many people donate to charities and are not informed about the distribution of their money-how much goes to the organization and to the administrative costs. There are more than 2 million charities asking for a donation this year due to the economy. Carefully check them out before sending a donation. Two good Web sites are: CharityNavigator.org and GuldeStar.org. Online networks: NetworldforGood.org and JustGive.org offer local, national & international charities.