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Conservative pundits like FOX New’s Sean Hannity can expect to take some flack from writers on the left. But when a “fellow” conservative writer calls his charity “a huge scam,” it may be time to take a closer look.
Sean Hannity has been traveling the country on his so-called “freedom concert” tour for years. These shows are promoted as benefit concerts by an organization known as Freedom Alliance to raise money to send the children of servicemen who died in Iraq to college. The organization proudly touts convicted con artist, Oliver North, as one of its co-founders.
According to conservative blogger Debbie Schlussel, less than 4 to 7 percent of the money donated to Hannity’s Freedom Alliance “charity” in the past two years actually went to the causes for which donations were solicited.
Hannity’s Freedom Alliance is supposedly “raising money to pay for the college tuition of the children of fallen soldiers and to pay severely wounded war vets.” According to recent reports, the truth is that millions of the money donated was spent to “ferret the Hannity posse of family and friends [about the country] in high style.”
In other words, Sean Hannity is using the wounded American heroes he claims to champion as tools to enrich himself and surround himself in luxury. Most of the money goes to pay for luxury jets and fleets of limousines for Hannity and his entourage, as well as other administrative costs that far exceed the usual ratio of costs to charitable outlays for legitimate charities.
Regardless of whether or not Schlussel’s assessment of Hannity’s charity is correct, it is always advisable to take a close look at any organization soliciting for donations before making a contribution. You have a right to know whether your money is spent helping the cause you donated to, or lining the pockets of millionaire punks like Sean Hannity.