As to the evidence, it is right there in front of our faces. The WTS depended for years on the donation for the literature. Cost 2 1/2 cents for the magazine and the publisher pays 25 cents up front. A steady, reliable stream of cash into the coffers of the WTS that ended in 1990 in the US and by 2000 the rest of the world. Now 7 years later the WTS is feeling the pinch, property rich and cash poor. The monies that come in from the conventions/assemblies do not begin to pay the cost of maintaining the large buildings and facilities the WTS owns and operates, let alone the machinery and the cost of housing, feeding, and clothing 5,000 Bethelites worldwide.
Blondie worked for an institution with many large buildings and knows what it costs to maintain them. It is not the initial cost but the operating costs that bury such institutions. The selling off of land and property to me is evidence that cash flow is slowing down more and more. The WTS invests in the financial market which has been iffy in the last few years. Is the WTS dipping into capital to keep things going until the end comes soon, soon, soon.
Blondie