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  New financial arrangement is about ownership of the Kingdom Halls and Assembly Halls

  by fedup in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  we may believe that the wt is having financial problems because of the sell-off that has been happening lately.

  however, i think the opposite.

  i believe the gb has realized that in today's world the money is in the properties that the sheepies have already paid or are paying for.

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  JeffT

  I've been thinking along these lines. My last KH is on the county records at $400,000. Admittedly its in a spendy suburb of Seattle. But even half that times the number of halls in the country yields a big number. Also, that value would be carried on the Watchtowers books as a fixed asset, which is a number bankers love. The loans, which are some amount less than that are subject to a deduction for possible bad debt, making them less desirable to bankers. This could all be very important if they are obtaining bank loans to finance other projects.

  The Watchtower's finances are some of the least transparent of any so-called charity.
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  you writers might be interested in this

  by Hortensia in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  http://www.alcs.co.uk/about-us//news/news/what-are-words-worth-now-not-much.aspx.

  according to research from alcs, professional writers earn about $18k per year.

  i don't think i ever earned that much.

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  JeffT

  I've made about $1000 from various articles on business subjects published on line. I picked up some more money from other work on the internet. I've got a small publisher looking at a novel right now. I don't expect my writing to do more than supllement my social security.
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  How many things did you toss out in the name of Jehoover

  by love2Bworldly in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i had a flash back yesterday.

  my non jw husband and i went to disneyland and bought my young daughter a set of 7 dwarf toys.

  after a few months i felt guilty and threw them away, thinking they were demonized.

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  I tossed a lot of records, now mostly replaced although the King Crimson is hard to find. I also tossed about $500 (in 1973 $$) worth of astrological reference books. Probably some other stuff. I wouldn't use the astrological books now, but it was part of who I was way back when, I'd like to have some of it for the nostolgia. Oh well.
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  Fake letter to the BOE.

  by karter in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm thinking of scaning a letter to the boe and useing the letter head to make some fake letters and sending them to alot of congros.. it would read something like this.. "dear brothers we are writing to inform you about all the child abuse casers the wts is now in court about and the ones we have quietly settled outside the courts".

  ill name them all and give them links to the courts.. .

  anyother idears??.

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  JeffT

  Learn to scan stuff with spell check before you send it.

  Also hire a lawyer, I think you will need one.
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  How do you feel ethically about the Governing Body?

  by runForever in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  if something terrible were to happen to the members of the current gb would you feel bad?.

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  JeffT

  If something terrible were to happen to the members of the current gb would you feel bad?

  Why would I? If they're right they're up there helping Jehovah run the universe. If they're full of it, they're getting what they deserve.
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  How Accurate Is JWN In Your Opinion?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  would you say this board gives accurate information, overall?

  if someone started reading the comments here, do you think they would find this discussion board as accurate?.

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  JeffT

  JWN is not an organized entity for disseminating information like say, a school or The New York Times. It's a collection of people who like to talk about a common interest. Individuals bring varying levels of knowledge to the table. We also have our own experiences and consequently our own point of view on whatever subject we're talking about.
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  US Supreme Court: Hobby Lobby wins we lose

  by designs in

  1. social
  2. current

  the old guys sided with hobby lobby today in denying birth control coverage to its female employees based on the owners religious views.

  intact- is viagra for the guys.

  funny how the far right evangelical owners of hobby lobby didn't want to touch that one.... read judge ginburg's scathing counter argument and opinion.. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/13pdf/13-354_olp1.pdf.

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  I read today that Hobby Lobby is self-insured. That is, it is there money going to directly pay for employee healthcare, rather than buying an insurance policy. That's why they can make their own decisions about not covering certain kinds of birth control and why its important to them.
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  US Supreme Court: Hobby Lobby wins we lose

  by designs in

  1. social
  2. current

  the old guys sided with hobby lobby today in denying birth control coverage to its female employees based on the owners religious views.

  intact- is viagra for the guys.

  funny how the far right evangelical owners of hobby lobby didn't want to touch that one.... read judge ginburg's scathing counter argument and opinion.. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/13pdf/13-354_olp1.pdf.

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  JeffT

  Workman's Comp is one name it goes by. Here (Washington State) everybody calls it L&I, Labor and Industries the state department that runs it. I also forgot Unemployment Insurance which employers will consider an employment cost.
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  For those who have been out for 5 years or more.......

  by Phizzy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ........... do you find you are now far more relaxed about things ?

  things in general, and things wt/jw related ?.

  i find i am much more relaxed and pragmatic about life in general, mrs phizzy and i do what we can, but we don't get overly upset at what we cannot do.

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  JeffT

  I've been out twenty-five years. Except for the influence it has on some of my writing, I'm done with JW issues. My presence here is mostly about research on something that interests me (I go to a bunch of history sites for the same reason). As an example of how things have changed a couple of days ago my wife and I signed as witnesses to our daughter's marriage - to another woman.
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  US Supreme Court: Hobby Lobby wins we lose

  by designs in

  1. social
  2. current

  the old guys sided with hobby lobby today in denying birth control coverage to its female employees based on the owners religious views.

  intact- is viagra for the guys.

  funny how the far right evangelical owners of hobby lobby didn't want to touch that one.... read judge ginburg's scathing counter argument and opinion.. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/13pdf/13-354_olp1.pdf.

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  JeffT

  Employer provided health care began during WWII as an end-around to wage control laws. It was a tight labor market and employers could not just offer more money. So they started paying for health care as a bonus. Now its turned into something everybody expects to get at anything like a decent job.

  We've created a monster and we need to kill it somehow. Try to imagine what it would look like if auto insurance worked the same way. You're interviewing for a job that sounds great until you find out the company plan doesn't cover your car, or requires you to pay for one you don't own. We should be able to buy health insurance the same way, get what you need at the price you can afford. How many commercials do you see every night claiming to reduce the cost of your auto insurance? Compare that to the number of commercials you see offering to save you money on your health insurance.

  BOTR, you're smart to make that calculation, its what your employer does. You should also add in the cost of on the job accident coverage (I don't know what they call it in NY), and the portion of social security and medicare paid by the employer. All of those items