Doug Shields wrote this. Apparently he was a JWN member back in 2001.
http://thewatchtowerfiles.com/crisis/
good article overall. Key quote is the following:
Alternative Plans of Action:
I’ve listed some ideas as to how the Watchtower might steer its ship in the current and coming storm. These are shown below.
- They could attempt to legitimize themselves by relinquishing their tax free status and selling their books online to their members. However that will require that they report their income to the public and they have so far been unwilling to do so. This seems a viable but highly unlikely option.
- Perhaps, since they have seven million adherents they will plead poverty to them and introduce some sort of “new light” with regard to tithing or making regular contributions. They could tie the rank and file’s level of contribution directly to their individual progress in the organization much like the Scientologists and the Mormons.
This second option seems much more likely.