Houston City Council Member Says Donating To The Red Cross Is A “Waste Of Money”
Martin also questioned why the Red Cross (or the “Red Loss” as he calls it) appears to be taking credit for relief efforts in Houston, when local government has been doing most of the work. “Yet every time I turn on the TV, I see [the Red Cross] taking in millions of dollars in donations,” he said during a city council meeting Wednesday (Sept. 6).
“Don’t waste your time, don’t waste your money,” Martin said. “Give it to another cause.”
The Red Cross has long been criticized over its natural disaster relief efforts, most recently in Miami after Hurricane Irma swept through the city. In 2010, the organization was exposed for building only a handful of homes in Haiti following a catastrophic 7.0 magnitude earthquake, despite receiving $500 million in donations