As business owners, we always have this magic word called “cash”. If we don't have it, we can't function.
The nice part about these rapid writeoffs is that we know we need to reinvest, but we also need to have cashflow. If we can get the rapid writeoff, we know that in a number of areas we can enhance our productivity dramatically, but at some point you have to make choices. Quite often those choices are based on what your net cash position will be when you're done. You're dealing with bankers who are not exactly overly flexible, and they too look at your cashflow.
Giving us that rapid writeoff returns cash to our operation so that we can maintain other parts of our business while we reinvest it. Some of our best growth was back in our rapid writeoff days, when we were able to restore competitiveness globally and move into new markets.