Comment by skyyler
6 months ago
>So, put another way, is it better for the government to continue going into debt to operate projects like this with potentially dubious returns
Yes. The government is not a business. It does not need to turn a profit. Government services are not products for the generation of profit.
Nobody said anything about profit. We don't need to move the goal posts here.
There is a difference between the government operating programs with tax dollars and operating programs with fantasy money that ultimately hurts every single citizen.
"potentially dubious returns"
Another term for profit is "an advantageous return" (this is the first definition google gives for the word 'profit')
I don't particularly enjoy litigating definitions, so I'll leave the interpretation of what I said to you, instead of trying to explain myself.