I think the Borg leaders reacted much the same way after 2008. The money
from their stock and real estate investments was gone so they started
selling off first branches then new York properties to stay afloat until
the economy got better. When it did they thought they could go back to
business as usual thats why they made statement about so much growth and
new building to go on in the future a year ago or so. But then it's
like some one from accounting sat these clowns down and showed them that
the investment money hasn't come back and the donation money is just a
small percentage of what they used to get. This accountant maybe an
outside firm then showed them that the glory days we're over religion as
a whole is dieing in the western world and people do to inflation are
not going to donate as much any more. So its like this accounting firm
said your done now make the most of what you can in the near future and
then if you want to try to squeeze more out of their dead cold hand you
may be able to but don't bother investing or spending to much in any
part of your religion that doesn't get you a return on investment. So no
more paying missionarys ,special pioneers, etc because no ones joining
from outside the borg and if they are thier to poor to make us any
money. Let's down size to reduce costs as much as possible so we can
continue to ride this gravy train for a few more years.
A year ago, I would have disagreed with this - but with all of the cutbacks, it really looks like they have legitimate problems.
Cannot wait for the 2016 Yearbook, if they dare to print real stats.
