Homer had it all figured out. Sure the bacon cost $27, yielding only $0.63 in grease, but Marge paid for that.
My wife worked for people like that. Literally. They owned a concrete factory that they had inherited.
One of them would sneak onto the factory grounds and steal a $20,000 piece of equipment and sell it for $1,000, and be happy because they make $1,000 their brothers didn't. Apparently, several of them were like this.
The wife of one of them died working out in their garden at home. They called the factory manager to come over and take care of it. He couldn't be bothered.
They were walking human scum and the only reason for their success was that they inherited it. Just checked and the factory has been renamed, so probably sold off.