The government using the taxes paid to the local municipalities and state, because these companies are strong economic drivers for those areas.
It's kind of how the NYC metro is not meant to break even, it cost the city money to run it, but it second order effect it is a huge economic driver thus worth footing the bill for
Kind of off topic but I wish I saw more improvement with the NYC subway for the money that goes into it.
As I understand it the system is so behind on updates and repairs that it would take decades to correct and I think there's a lot of graft and mishandling of funds that won't ever be investigated.
It's kind of how the NYC metro is not meant to break even, it cost the city money to run it, but it second order effect it is a huge economic driver thus worth footing the bill for