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Furthermore, they still have tens of millions which they could do just that with, and haven't done so, and don't have any plans to do so. Why on earth is "they
by mgkimsal 12y ago
Furthermore, they still have tens of millions which they could do just that with, and haven't done so, and don't have any plans to do so. Why on earth is "they could have done XYZ with that money" an even remotely useful rhetorical tool?
- cantankerous 12y agoHe's using it to frame what he thinks is public perception. In this case, he's putting that number into some kind of perspective more relevant to regular Janes and Joes trying to become engineers. Made sense to use it, or at least I thought so.