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Just because they were able to sell it this time doesn't mean it was a good decision.

If in Russian roulette you have a chance of 1 in 6 to win 1 million and 5 in 6 to die, winning the million doesn't mean you made a good decision.

What happens if they cannot sell it? They lose lots of money, equivalent to food and shelter for millions of the poor or maybe ten thousands of chemo-therapies. Government is not good with investment.



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