> The program is not designed to create profitable businesses, it's designed to get the unemployed doing small scale businesses that will support them and make

> The program is not designed to create profitable businesses, it's designed to get the unemployed doing small scale businesses that will support them and make then un-unemployed. I both agree and disagree with this: a business that feeds one man and his family is profitable and is also a success. I've seen it in action personally: My father went through this program about 7 years ago and is now independent, pays substantial taxes and is therefore a 100% success in terms of what this program seeks to accomplish. I am certain that every cent spent on getting him started has since been recouped. A big VC style payoff cannot be the goal, because the government does not take a stake in the business. Instead they're looking to create long-term stable livelihoods.