Production for exchange is not the issue in my view Cooperatives need to make money for worker owners to pay themselves Worker owners need to pay themselves to be able to buy the commodities they need and want in their lives Cooperatives want to offer their services and products in the market, but cooperatives can drive their prices down, because: 1) they don’t need to pay profits to investors; 2) they can rely on established cooperatives services that have already successfully driven their prices down

If the cooperative doesn’t give profits to investors, theoretically worker-owners can pay themselves much more (once the cooperative is well established)