I like your answer. It reminds me of an interview Rush gave on 60 Minutes MANY years ago. They asked him, “What is your goal?”. Rush answered, “My goal is to get as big an audience as I can and hold that audience for as long as I can so I can charge confiscatory advertising rates.”
It did my capitalist heart good. :)
“confiscatory advertising rates.”
By definition, any rates reached by mutual voluntary agreement cannot be confiscatory. Rush’s surely are higher than those commanded by Air America’s, but only because advertisers can pay these rates and still make enough extra money from such ads that it is worth the higher price.