JBWriter
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I've spent the last week or so reading as many threads/posts as possible in an effort to understand the main issues (and the many, many off-shoots) as relate to CO$ past and present. I'll continue to read with sustained interest to gain additional knowledge from the shared wisdom of so many. Thank you, one and all, for every word and image I've seen thus far and, too, for all that's written in future.
Much is written, here and on other recommended sites, about the (often) enormous sums of money "donated" to CO$. What I've not been able to fully grasp is a better understanding of what financial impact such "donations" had on one's everyday life. If a married couple, for example, "donates" one million dollars from a yearly income of, say, five billion dollars, (and I *am* available for adoption should these folks be interested ) the negative impact into their (very) charmed financial lives would appear negligible*. (*This doesn't mean their spiritual, emotional, intellectual lives couldn't be 'wrecked'.)
It's impolite to ask a question without first answering it and I'm happy to, but for one problem: I don't support, financially or otherwise, any spiritual/religious group. Still, I do spend money on books, which might be a stretch, but it's the only area that I see which has a valid correlation.
So.
A review of my financial budget with trusty calculator in hand, expenditures for books stand at 18% of discretionary income. Last year's percentage was 19%. (Higher than I'd assumed, and, shouldn't I be smarter already from all this reading?)
What percentage of your discretionary income (after rent/mortgage, food, utilities, transportation, clothing, insurance, education, savings, etc.) was "donated" to CO$? Bonus question: If involved for more than 1 year, did the percentage increase/decrease?
Thanks for reading,
JB.
Much is written, here and on other recommended sites, about the (often) enormous sums of money "donated" to CO$. What I've not been able to fully grasp is a better understanding of what financial impact such "donations" had on one's everyday life. If a married couple, for example, "donates" one million dollars from a yearly income of, say, five billion dollars, (and I *am* available for adoption should these folks be interested ) the negative impact into their (very) charmed financial lives would appear negligible*. (*This doesn't mean their spiritual, emotional, intellectual lives couldn't be 'wrecked'.)
It's impolite to ask a question without first answering it and I'm happy to, but for one problem: I don't support, financially or otherwise, any spiritual/religious group. Still, I do spend money on books, which might be a stretch, but it's the only area that I see which has a valid correlation.
So.
A review of my financial budget with trusty calculator in hand, expenditures for books stand at 18% of discretionary income. Last year's percentage was 19%. (Higher than I'd assumed, and, shouldn't I be smarter already from all this reading?)
What percentage of your discretionary income (after rent/mortgage, food, utilities, transportation, clothing, insurance, education, savings, etc.) was "donated" to CO$? Bonus question: If involved for more than 1 year, did the percentage increase/decrease?
Thanks for reading,
JB.