I can remember that they estimated the average person's cost of living at about $12,000 a year in the early 1990s (obviously, this was a Puketower estimate since they were ranting that, unless the heart condition was "right", you could give them the check for that amount and they would not succeed). Remember, back in 1991, gas was around $1.20 a gallon and rent averaged around $400 a month. Heating bills were also lower then. Food, medical care, and automobiles cost less then.
Today, costs are about double. Gas is close to $3 a gallon, and in places higher. That $12,000 car now costs about $25,000. Rents of $1,000 a month are becoming more common now. Milk, coffee, orange juice, and cereal have went up significantly in price within the past several years.
Just how far does $12,000 a year go these days? And if it's bad now, what happens when light bills approaching $500 a month become normal? I can remember a time when $20s was normal and $100 light bills were excessive. These days, $100 is cheap and $300 is more common. What happens if oil goes into another 1973-style crisis, combined with another Katrina-like disaster plus a terror attack? Oil could hit $900 a barrel suddenly. More realistically, we are looking at oil at $100 a barrel shortly. Gas could well hit $4 or more a gallon soon. That $4 box of cereal could become a $8 box of cereal if commodities are tied up for biofuels, which are a crappy answer to the oil problem.
Add to this mess the debt. The housing crisis was handed to us by Clinton, who borrowed heavily to give the appearance of a good economy in the late 1990s at the expense of us now and in the next several years. Prices are going nowhere but up, at a time when people are going to be facing housing crises. Another Great Depression is not out of the realm of plausibility within the next few years, unless the housing crisis is solved and the debts start coming down.
Where does that leave the Witlesses who do not go to college? College will not make a person rich. All it will do is allow sustenance under this inflated economy and/or depression. Work will simply not be there if people are not able to afford housing and have so much debt that they cannot spend. Those with college degrees will have a difficult time finding work, since most companies even now insist on 2-3 years of field-specific experience as a minimum. What happens to those that pioneer right out of high school?
Once these shortages, inflations, and credit crunches hit, there is going to be little room for carpet cleaners and window washers in the economy. Businesses will let the carpets get dirtier before cleaning them, or clean them themselves. Ditto the windows. That is going to be one of the first things that is going to be cut back on. And what happens to people that depend on that kind of work? They starve, or borrow heavily. And then the bills come due. Unlike the ones that went to college and still have a job or are able to create one, the Witlesses are stuck. No experience means no jobs. Remember, you can only wash dishes if people are willing to go out and eat; if prices go up enough, that will not be possible.
Definitely, Ted Jaracz was not thinking beyond the Booming 1990s. Even then, most of the Witlesses missed out on the big bucks because they were not supposed to learn to run a computer. If they missed out then, just imagine what is going to happen to them when the credit crunch, devalued dollar, oil prices hitting $100 and up a barrel, $4 gas, and $8 cereal become reality. All the while, Mister Jaracz has enough usurped money from donations to live his few remaining years in luxury before reaping his place in hell. I bet he will be happy when his people are suffering through the Great Depression of the 2010s because they did not prepare for work that is work.
Mr Jaracz, I sure hope you are willing to pay out the difference when all those people suffer the hardships compounded by no college. Remember, $12,000 is not going to cut it. It should be closer to $120,000 and up per year. You were the one that brought this down on the people within the Watchtower Society. And I hope your donations plummet to zero once people start facing real hardships on account of YOUR policies. D.E.A.D.
