[skyyler]

>So, put another way, is it better for the government to continue going into debt to operate projects like this with potentially dubious returns

Yes. The government is not a business. It does not need to turn a profit. Government services are not products for the generation of profit.

[Alupis]

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.

[skyyler]

"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.