It is a condemnation of a society where short term financial gains and corporate profit have become the highest goal.

Short term gains were often made by selling the farms equipment.

It was seen as the sacrifice of principles and policies for short term gain.

Meanwhile, the Russian army having made no long term gains retreated.

Will any politician have no long term gain from there bad days for taxpayers?

Americans care about their past, but for short term gain they ignore it and tear down everything that matters.

But environmentalists say the Government is putting "short term financial gain ahead of everything else".

Thus, the term gain on its own is ambiguous.

There is no long term gain of any kind.

There simply are no long term gains to be had.