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What are these other methods that do not involve taking money from ratepayers?
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Borrowing against future earnings, issuing stocks, bonds, or just reinvesting current earnings. And yes, I'm aware that bonds have to be paid back over time.
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Also, how is this relevant when there may be little or no net cost imposed and a portion of revenues currently go to paying for leased space?
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Because according to their CEO, there will be a cost imposed, and we're not likely to see the end of it.
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It is a fundamental part of the nature of business that customers provide moneys to companies which is in turn used to fund business-related expenditures.
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Yes, I'm aware. That's what we're already doing, and they're operating in the black, which is as it should be... So why should they pass the cost of this down to us, too?