I mean, when it's human ripping off human I'm angry but not outraged like I am now. If we humans want to, we can string up the offenders. When a PERSON appeals for MONEY out of the HEART-BREAKING CONCERN over ANIMALS in our society, and then VIOLATES that TRUST, it's over for me. I can't believe in America anymore. We have been reduced to a nation that values thievery above all things, NO MATTER WHAT INSTITUTION we are talking about.
In fact, the ANIMALS are BETTER than us (as a tear is shed).
"Top salaries at MSPCA questioned; 4 get more than $200,000" by Brian R. Ballou, Globe Staff | February 20, 2009
As the nonprofit Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals prepares to close three animal shelters in reaction to a 25 percent loss in its endowment, advocates for animals are questioning the pay packages of the society's top administrators.
Four of the top five officials at the MSPCA make more than $200,000 annually, according to the organization's latest tax-exempt filing.
The LOOTING is EVERYWHERE, isn't it?
"I think that some of that money would be better spent on caring for the animals," said Joyce Godsey, a volunteer at the nonprofit Animal Rescue of Merrimack Valley.
Uh, YEAH!!!!!! Before they PUT 'EM DOWN!!!!
In 2007, MSPCA's chief executive officer, Carter Luke, received a salary and benefit package worth $340,595. The vice president of human resources received $215,723, the chief medical officer received $246,337, and the vice president of development received $202,880.
While the salaries of those administrators are far from the multimillion dollar packages given to bank executives or CEOs on Wall Street, some animal rights advocates say the MSPCA is using its private donations to fund salaries rather than shelters.
Isn't that really the idea? Bunch of unimaginable criminals.
Lou Whitney, the co-owner of DoggieDay, an animal-care service located in the South End:
"We've severed our ties with the MSPCA for this specific reason. We found the MSPCA to be a place where people were looking to secure financial positions for themselves, rather than focusing on helping the animals. I think that instead of paying out those ridiculous salaries, they should use the money to make sure they're providing a service to the community."
Why does the word scum come to mind?
On Feb. 5, the MSPCA announced the closure of shelters in Brockton, Martha's Vineyard, and Springfield by the end of September and will downsize several programs and departments at its Boston office.
Related: No Room at the Inn
MSPCA spokesman Brian Adams said a total of 46 positions would be eliminated. The three shelters slated to close cared for 11,000 animals last year. Four other MSPCA shelters, located in Boston, Methuen, on Cape Cod, and Nantucket, will remain open. Adams declined to reveal the annual operating budgets of any of the shelters.
Adams said the executives' salaries are based on comparable wages of nonprofit executives across the country, taking into account "revenue, operating budget, staff size, and scope of responsibility." The MSPCA does not receive state or federal funds and relies on private donations. Last year, the organization's endowment lost about $11 million in value.
Translation; because EVERYONE ELSE is LOOTING THEIR ORGANIZATIONS, it's o.k. for the so-called compasssionate, animal-care people to do it as welll!!
Oh, PUKE!!! There goes the dogfood I had for dinner last night!
"We're an organization with an operating budget of over $40 million and a staff of over 500," Adams said. "This is a very large organization, with the leading animal hospital in the world, and we provide care for more animals in Massachusetts than any other organization. We have to attract the right talent, and we have to remain competitive. We can't remain competitive by asking people to work for free."
No, but a FIVE-FIGURE SALARY would be better than your LAME-ASS EXCUSES!!!!
Still, some animal advocates are angry.
Just some?
Godsey said of the executive pay at MSPCA, "It's comparable to what's happening throughout this country, with the out-of-touch salaries at the top. And when there's a financial crisis, they start chomping from the bottom instead of the top. There seems to be a misallocation of funds here, a bit of tunnel vision." She said the closure of the three shelters will probably put a strain on local volunteer organizations and city-run shelters.
Here are a few ways to solve that problem:
The Chinese Solution to Wall Street's Woes
The Indian Solution to Wall Street's Woes
No Bailout ! "They Will Kill You!
Then let us EAT 'EM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"The excuse for the high salaries is that nonprofits have to lure people from the private side, that's how they justify paying them so much," Godsey said.
Hey, I WILL DO the JOB for a LOT LESS!!!!!!!
David Magnani, executive director of the Massachusetts Nonprofit Network, said most nonprofits are currently looking at ways to cut back compensation to administrators or executives. "I'm not sure what the MSPCA is doing, other than closing the three shelters, to manage the reduction in their budget, but it would be interesting to see what happens at the top, with its highest paid employees."
I'll bet they get to KEEP IT because they "earned it," right?
What a SAD COMMENTARY on the HUMAN SUPERIORITY COMPLEX, 'eh?
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