This isn't an obvious conclusion; what if a public service yearly loses a certain amount of money, in order for the public to save twice as much? This is a reas

This isn't an obvious conclusion; what if a public service yearly loses a certain amount of money, in order for the public to save twice as much? This is a reasonable interpretation of this case, which would make the isolated loss advantageous in the big picture. Of course, this is a separate concept from seller losing jobs.