In article , F. George McDuffee
says...

The real puzzle is not which alternative is "better," [a value
judgment and subject to endless debate] but how/why there are
*any* businesses left in the United States, other than
convenience stores such as the ubiquitous 7-11.

Yep. In this context 'profit' means any money you can
rape out of a business inside of a year or so. This is
what organized crime used to call 'breaking out' a shop
or resturant.

We can 'make' stuff cheaper by purchasing it from china
now. So businesses don't 'make stuff' in the us any more.

Jim


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