>> "but practically speaking [they] are broke"
> How do you know this?
They were not claiming a fact, they were posing a hypothetical.
They mean even in the hypothetical how would they know, without open books? They're just theorizing, same as with revenue.
I’m speaking of things I have personally witnessed; but won’t go into more detail than that, for various reasons.
They mean even in the hypothetical how would they know, without open books? They're just theorizing, same as with revenue.