"Teacherjh" wrote in message
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Only the ones that are profitable.

Well, in your post you posited that you were a profitable investment (by
the
government). I think the distnictino you are trying to make is long term
vs
short term profits. The government (in your case) reaped a long term
profit.
But the payoff time was many years, too many for most corporations to care
about.

That is precisely the point he was making, and many others of us try to
make.

-- David Brooks