re: #402 iossarian

Please don’t misuse the word “profit”. If you run a company, you can cancel payroll. This will increase your profit temporarily. You can also lay off your R&D staff. This will also increase your profit temporarily.

You can pay down debt. This reduces your profit temporarily but may be a good thing in the long term.

I find it annoying when people who are supposedly pro-business create confusion about what simple business terms actually mean.

You are confusing our philosophical difference with accounting terms misunderstnding. Today I’m not going to debate that issue. I have no problem with net profit existing apart from in excess or exploitative. You obviously do have a issue with a firm making any profit. Okay we differ.