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Originally Posted by Columbine
The government of any country can't donate to the Red Cross; almost all it's revenue comes from private donation, and the Red Cross by policy doesn't invoice for it's help- it would be unethical for it to bill Japan for aid when it has to date never been -paid- to help any country. That's the point of them; they help everyone, regardless of colour, creed, history or bank balance.
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Dude, the Red Cross gets government money and lots of it. Even in 2008' the US government poured $ 100 million into ARC. The Red Cross by it's legal definition is a 'instrument' of the government.
The Red Cross gets federal & state grants and the Red Cross can also purchase supplies from the military and use government facilities--military personnel can actually be assigned to duty with the Red Cross.
The leading administrators and officials of the ( ARC ) Red Cross are almost always drawn from the corporate boardroom or the military high command. Among the past chairs and presidents of the Red Cross are seven former generals or admirals and one ex-president.
As Richard Walden, of Operation USA, wrote in the Los Angeles Times,
In other and past disasters "FEMA and the affected states had reimbursed the Red Cross under pre-existing* contracts for emergency shelter and other disaster services.