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.

Jose

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