It would be risky because if you put in large sums of money and make no profit you will lose a lot of money so it’s better to have shareholders
Difficulties on the US home front during WWII: food, gas, and clothing shortages and rationing; anxiety over the safety of friends and family members serving in the war; forced internment of Japanese Americans; general panic over safety following Pearl Harbor
He lost money as result of the depression and owed a lot of money to the bank