Mr Hypocrisy strikes again. From a blog 5 May 2015 on JW Watch:
Stephen Lett admits income/expenditure shortfall as he reminds Witnesses to donate "valuable things" - JW Watch
If you are going to divulge a shortfall in funds, particularly with the aim of leveraging more donations (or “valuable things”) from a pool of supporters who are already lagging in this regard, the least you can do is treat them like adults and give some hard numbers. Nowhere in Lett’s rather patronizing, condescending comments is a single figure cited regarding the projected amounts of income and expenditure, and the shortfall between the two. Everything is left to the imagination (or, more accurately, gullibility) of the viewer.
So where are the numbers, Lloyd? Are you going to show the numbers and stand by your assertion in this article or are you no longer standing by it?
Interesting he uses the word "gullibility".
He goes on:
If Watchtower is low on funds, which I am thrilled to hear confirmation of straight from the horse’s mouth (in more than one sense), it is NOT the fault of any misunderstanding on the part of ordinary Witnesses. If anything, most Witnesses woefully underestimate the breathtaking amount of money Watchtower has pocketed from selling off Brooklyn, thanks in no small measure to the Governing Body’s total, deliberate and ongoing financial information black-out.
There is only one direction in which the finger of blame should be pointed respecting the Governing Body’s monetary woes, and that is towards them. If the Governing Body is spending more money than they are receiving from the kindness and generosity of Witnesses, who are already hard-pressed as a result of the insane and immoral prohibition on higher education, then by no stretch of the imagination can they be thought of as either faithful or discreet.
Per his own rationalisation, he's not treating any of his donors as adults, thinks they are gullible, and is himself guilty of an "ongoing financial information blackout".
