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   Hindu Temple

2. Why 48% of Americans dont pay their bills/tier each year at this time?

   You shouldn't be using the term "handouts" as it's derogatory toward people we need to be protecting, and they are not "losers" as you say. These people didn't choose to become disabled so there is no moral failing, and as a sane society we show our true strength via empathy and caring. Very apropos, it being Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday weekend, the following paraphrasing of his views regarding those who need "handouts".... Judging a society by how it treats the weak—the poor, elderly, disabled, or marginalized—is a widely held ethical principle, often attributed to figures like Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr., signifying that true civilization is measured by compassion, justice, and support for the vulnerable, not just the powerful, reflecting a society's core humanity and moral compass. This standard highlights empathy, equality, and dignity as key indicators of a healthy society, emphasizing that the strong can always protect themselves, while the weak depend on the system's fairness and care.

3. The all-in-one Home Furnishings Topic!

   At Bricolage: Juliet's Bed is 15 LI with lots of texture option for the various bits, $90 PG or A. The round rug is 5 LI with 3 textures, $60. The set of 3 Victorian frames (2 LI each) is $60. The table is 3 LI, $65 and the lamp is 4 LI, $65. The 8 LI Bellerose Daybed is $99 PG or A; the 3 LI rug is $75. (For those who care about such things, the pattern is slightly cut off at one end 😞) The 2 LI framed art is $75. The 8 LI Amee Loveseat has lots of texture options for the various parts, $100 PG or A. (I don't think the table and decor hold up very well.)

4. Why 48% of Americans dont pay their bills/tier each year at this time?

   Well my guess is that many overspend for Xmas and then need to cut back at the beginning of the year. I doubt it's just a US problem. However, the economy is not doing so good here, so could be the problem will be worse at the beginning of the year in the future. New policies in the US are making the economy worse. Hats off to you for being a landlord all this time. You have a reputation of being a kind, fair, and honest landlord. I don't know how you do it really....I was a landlord for awhile and it drove me crazy...customer support isn't easy. I think mainly I just wanted to build though, and was irritated with demands from renters that took time away from what I really wanted to be doing.

5. Why 48% of Americans dont pay their bills/tier each year at this time?

   If I had a job, I'd probably have a premium account at very least, even if I only really log in for a couple days at a time twice a month. It'd be worth it to me. There's no way in heck however that I'd depend on anything in SL for my livelihood, because it's a single venue on a single platform and the whole thing could (knock on wood) go kerflooey if a building caught fire or there was a tornado somewhere hundreds of miles away from me. And no way would I spend a government check on it to any great degree if all I had was a government check. That'd be like taking food out of my mouth in exchange for having fun that I can have for free already. Sure, I've spent a couple hundred thousand L$ in my time, but I've only ever spent a couple hundred dollars in actual money. And I only did that when I had a job, and it was only like 20 bucks every two weeks or so. The only way to live like royalty when you don't have a steady income is to learn how to manage money, eat for cheap, don't cultivate expensive habits, and learn to entertain yourself for free. Entertaining myself for free is how I got everything I've ever had in SL, at least anything real that wasn't just me spending ten bucks of my paycheck on whoop-dee-doo. If people can swing a real living in SL, hey, power to them. But if it relies on free gibs and an unsteady economy, can't get too upset if it doesn't always go the way you want. My two cents on that, anyway. I don't think people quitting payment at the yearly rollover is that unusual. I used to rent a web server. I never renewed it on time. I always rented for a year, paid in advance, and never did I have the money to renew before the year was up. That's just the nature of such things. We get them when we can, and later we drop them when we can't anymore. And other people who could never afford to have a paid account will find out they can afford it, and say well, what the heck, and pay for a year when they can afford to do it. Later on they'll drop it because their job sucks and they had a lot of bills at the end of the whatsit. It's just how stuff works. 10. The Earth quakes and the Heavens rattle; the beasts of nature flock together and the nations of men flock apart; volcanoes usher up heat while elsewhere water become ice and melts; and then on other days it just rains. 11. Indeed do many things come to pass. HBT; The Book of Predications, Chap. 19