Our inflations has grown to record numbers. Just in February we managed to add 10M Hive into circulation. If we don't stop giving out so much money, Hive will dry out and users will leave. Or, there will be another Fork from Hive to a different blockchain but I don't want to see that.
I remember that Guiltyparties always asked everyone for receipts when we did some kind of project, but it was only for internal administration. But this administration should be opensource to the community, because it is the community that is paying.
I guess some projects do have receipts and some don't. But it is also not only the costs, but also results. The only project that showed results was the project from @starkerz called Checkinwith.
The old days were better when the community promoted Hive without even asking for Pay, and only getting rewarded with votes. People got spoiled by free money from Valueplan and so others decided they will not promote without getting paid.
This kind of Marketing destroyed the passion and the will to promote Hive just because we love the blockchain and the community and made everything even more difficult.