Squeezing people for every penny you can get is a viable business model. It will likely make people dislike you and fear you, but you could get a high dollar return for operating that way.
Running business in a profitable manner, but trading off dollar profits for trust and goodwill is also a viable business model. You must turn a profit to be sustainable, but there is a large margin between staying profitable and profit maximizing.
Potter wanted every dollar possible to be in his control. George wanted to be viable, but he had vision, of people enjoying quality homes and having pride of ownership. He was willing to finance that, and get a money return on investment, as well as a community trust return on investment. Those two mens were in two very different worlds.
So....looking at myself, I love the big score, buying something really low and selling very high to the highest bidder. That can be really sweet. I also value it when someone does something or buys something or learns something from me and it makes a light go on and makes their life have a better quality than it would have had it they have never met me.
I understand George, and I am glad he got the chance to understand himself with some help frpm Clarence.
