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Originally Posted by Herk
Eating at McDonald's is not what I'm referring to. Again, do not a lot of people choose to, of free will, practice religion? Does religion belong in public schools? It does not financially benefit the students to give 80% of your donation to McDonald's and the other 20% to the PTA.
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Religion is a hot point of debate. Virtually everyone recognizes that it is on the short list of taboo topics for light social conversation, and merely bringing it up is considered rude in many circles. There is great disagreement between believers and non-believers, and even between various beliefs among those who have them. We even have laws about separation of church and state.
Fast food is hardly in that catagory. Quite a few schools even have fast food franchises in them nowadays, or at least catering to them.
What it boils down to is that most people won't give unless given a cause, reason, or event to draw their attention to the need. I'll agree with you all day if you want to argue that that is a problem, and people should be willing to give to causes they believe in. I applaud you if you are handing out $100 every time your school wants your child to be involved in a fundraiser. Reality is that the vast majority of people do not do that, but will throw a few dollars down here and there for school fundraisers that give them some type of product in exchange, be it wrapping paper, candy, McDonald's food, or whatever else they are selling these days.
Getting a few hundred bucks in exchange for giving some positive publicity to a local business (and maybe even putting a few bucks in the pocket of the business) is better than getting nothing and patronizing the establishment anyway.