Comment by carlosjobim
1 hour ago
The question is rather: Why would a person complain about dying of thirst, but refuse to go to the river to drink, and also refuse to pay for a glass of water. That makes me believe he is dishonest when he's saying he is thirsty.
Or are we pretending that the Dutch people don't have any money between them to make an offer on this company?
We're just establishing that what one can pay is in fact not the only measure, disproving your universal assertion by counterexample.
Regarding the specific case, they probably have the money. But they don't need it. Such is the beauty of regulatory power, vested in a democracy.