As far as JWs go, either they don't have money, or if they have money they realize that they'll get more fun out of spending the money on themselves before this wicked system ends."
Yes, when we see a few Jews or Muslims donate more money than two circuits combined on a annual basis, you know we suck! Circuit Assemblies would provide the costs associated. There are small Christian churches who donate far greater than JWs do, it's just how they act! Here's a example of the accounts we had to contend with, always made the friends sick-
Beginning Balance $4,265.23
Expenditures -$7,423.33
Donations $0,189.00
Operating Loss $-6,465,00
If you followed the numbers they don't add up, they would read the accounts reports on Day 1 before Lunch and tell us we were $6,400 in the hole, where did the $4,265.23 go? How did we incur an additional $6465.00 in debt after burning through our surplus-balance of $4,265.23? Where is all the cash, did we really spend $10,000+ on a Two Day Assembly and why, where's the cash? They explained we had costs associated with flying the Bethel Speaker out here, we emptied the account to give to the Watchtower and the local Elders on the Assembly Committee decided they would speak on behalf of the friends and donate another $3,000 even though nobody on the committee were the sort that wrote big checks to cover their spending habits!