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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.




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