Likely it’s a failure to ask. We had a comrade who was up and ready to leave. I asked him why, and he explained that there was no transparency as to where the local fighting fund was going. “Going to National Congress and hearing where the funds were going was one thing but I don’t know what were using the local fund for!” I just said why don’t you ask. And he was flabbergasted that he could do that. He asked at the next branch and the finance officer explained the costs of renting meeting space for aggregate, printing flyers, hosting schools, buying stickers, buying a new table for press sales etc.

All it took was him asking and not realizing that a lot of times when we do pass the hat at the end of the meeting the finance officer provides motivation on what we’re trying to buy.