Which would explain all of the cutbacks of the last decade.
Their cost cuttig goes back much more than a decade. Cost cutting started not long after the expected events of 1975 failed to happen. A few things are,
- Food service at assemblies was eliminated. ("Jehovah feeds his people physically and spiritually" is a remark you heard in those days. No more.)
- Fewer literature releases at District Conventions.
- District Conventions shortened from 5 days (or more) to 3 days. (Saves rental costs of building)
- Studying the same publications at the Book Study over and over (Daniel and Revelation books for example)
- Subscriptions for Watchtower and Awake magazines eliminated. (Mailing costs were huge)
More cutbacks have happened, and continue to happen.
These are the same cost cutting measures that any corporate business would make when income drops, which it did after the 1975 debacle. If the Society has maintained a healthy level of cash on deposit it's because of cutting costs.
When the Brooklyn properties are sold and new buildings are constructed at a fraction of the money received from the sale, the Society will have hundreds of millions of dollars more in the bank. It can survive for many years to come on those profits.
