<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[The Dish]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://dish.andrewsullivan.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Andrew Sullivan]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://dish.andrewsullivan.com/author/sullydish/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Donate, But Not To&nbsp;Haiti]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>Felix Salmon<a href="http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2010/01/15/dont-give-money-to-haiti/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+felix-all+%28Felix+Salmon+-+All%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader"> argues</a> that logistics are a bigger problem than cash flow at this point. He recommends donating to responsible charities but not mandating where the money goes:</p> <blockquote><p>The last time there was a disaster on this scale was the Asian tsunami, five years ago. And for all its best efforts, the Red Cross has still only spent 83% of its $3.21 billion tsunami budget — which means that it has <a href="http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/299769,red-cross-still-spending-2004-tsunami-budget.html">over half a billion dollars</a> left to spend. Not to put too fine a point on it, but that’s money which could be spent in Haiti, if it weren’t for the fact that it was earmarked.]]></html></oembed>