He has certainly landed on his feet, but he is entering a tough market (I could be wrong?) so he'll probably need all the breaks he can get. If the resources were funded by the tax payer in the first place, and if they are going to be used for the benefit for creating and keeping much needed tax payer's (ex crab?) highly skilled jobs instead of simply being sold off for 3/6 to some scrappie to be sent out to build another coal fired power station in China and just to keep some web site listing civil servant in the Disposals Agency in a job.. then why not?
I take your point in one way though; I could do with a lathe like that for my Rover V8 rebuild.