If a business can’t be profitable, it will go out of business. Young Brothers was not sending profits to Saltchuk “during good times and then seeking a bailout from the state during bad,” per critics (“Lawmakers pave way for Young Brothers’ regular rate hikes,” Star-Advertiser, May 13) . Young Brothers was repaying the debt owed to Saltchuk for bankrolling the cost for building three new tugs so they could continue to service our islands.