Tom:

My number is based on a 20% profit ratio which should be very conservative for beer sales.

My scenario is nothing more than an obviously simple fix, nothing more or less.  Is it anymore "unrealistic" or "problematical" then asking our staff to make everyone happy in a neighborhood where some want hot dogs and fish sticks while others want steak and lobster?

"It seems this example is just another way to say that any number of a large loss ($140,000) becomes a much smaller number if spread over a large number of residents"

Duh!

Your "slick politicians",

Marty Clarke