--- markmeredith2002 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > > > The income from the $87 million donated to > the pundit project > > > in > > > > India > > > > > > can't be more than ~$8 million a year, > even if they're getting > > > top > > > > > > returns in their investments. This is a > very modest sum when > > > > you're > > > > > > talking about housing and supporting many > thousands of pundits. > > I'm familiar with 2 charitable projects in india and > both say it costs > about $1/day to feed, house and educate an indian > child. That's $365 > per year per child. Now these are pretty basic > operations, so let's > say it costs 35% more for the tmo, or $500 per year. > $500 x 7,000 is > $3.5 million to support a 7000 group. In the > mid-80s, the original > planned group of 7000 pundits was financed by old > man Zimmerman and I > remember him pledging $2 million per year for that, > maybe it was $2.5 > million, that's what they figured then it would > cost. So I think the > guestimate of $3.5 million today is probably close. > Anyone else here > have actually experience in this area??? > > PS - of course zimmerman backed out of the project > after a few years > supposedly after having hired an auditor to research > how his money was > being spent in india. MMY's business mentality is not that of a CEO, but more of a family store where the patriarch decides where the money goes. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > how hard would it be for the TMO to publish > comprehensive list > > > > with photos > > > > > of all such facilities, if others exist, > along with what it cost > > > to > > > > build > > > > > each one? That would dispel all this > speculation about > > > embezzlement > > > > by the > > > > > nephews. > > > > > > > > > > > > > ************** > > > > > > > > Aside from a handful of posters on this list, > and some TMexers, > > > who > > > > thinks that the interest from the $87 mil > raised on the > > > millionaires' > > > > course is not going to do pundit stuff in > India, as promised? I > > > don't > > > > hear any complaints from the people who > donated, and the Kaplans > > > > recently gave another $16 million for the > project, which says that > > > > the people who gave to do the pundit thing in > India are confident > > > > that that is what is happening. > > > > > > > > There are people who think that the U.S. never > landed people on > > > the > > > > moon, despite the overwhelming evidence that > they did, and those > > > who > > > > are not satisfied that the TMO is spending the > money on legit > > > pundit > > > > projects are similarly not going to be > satisfied with any > > > > documentation. It may be the case that some > administrators of the > > > TM > > > > movement in India are driving Mercedes > (instead of Tatas or > > > whatever > > > > that the local junk car is), but this really > does not mean > > > anything -- > > > > the TMO is doing the right thing in India to > restore Vedic > > > culture, > > > > and if you don't believe it, well, then you > don't believe it and > > > you > > > > can put together a documentary for PBS like > those 6% of folks who > > > > don't think the U.S. put astronauts on the > moon: > > > > > > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_moon_landing_hoax_accusations > > > > > > > > The TMO is going for the effect of restoring > Vedic culture -- not > > > for > > > > convincing people who are only interested in > slinging mud that > > > they > > > > are wasting their time. > > > > > > > > > > What is this about the Kaplans recently giving > $16 Million? > > > Where did you get that info from? Doesn't sound > like anything the > > > Kaplans would do now after all that has > happenned with them. > > > > > > > What, exactly, happened to them? My understanding > is that they put a > chunk of money in a > > joint bank account, with the verbal understanding > that it would be > used to pay taxes, and > > instead it was used for something else. Not a good > way to keep a > major donor happy, but > > what "happened" to them, personally? > > > > > > > > > To subscribe, send a message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Or go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > and click 'Join This Group!' > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! 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