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Feed those Caddies, how about them "fat cats" at the top of that food chain taking a more reasonable salery? Oh thats right, they have 3 or more houses to pay for not to mention a personal financial advisor they have to pay to manage all that money they've been basically bleeding from their company to support thier lavish lifestyle. I would be real curious what the top ten peoples saleries in any tractor company total out to, options and incentives included. Of course they have to feed their Caddies, heaven knows they couldnt drive anything less than a $50,000 car to their Boca Raton vacation home, oh thats right, I forgot about the company jet they probably mooch off of. As far as job shops being expensive, I own and run a job shop. Casting, mold making, plastic injection, short run production. I also have 7 friendly competitors that I am in contact with on a weekly basis swapping war stories. I can assure you that our "job shops" aren't exactly getting us rich by taking work from these big boys, in fact, one of them screwed one of my buddies so bad that he had to close his doors after 40 years. By time I make a 3000 part run and it winds up at the end user, the part I made and sold for $4.00 is being marked up half a dozen times and being retailed to the aerospace industry for $70.00. No doubt this goes on at the small "job shops" that are making obsolete tractor parts for our old stuff, you think their the ones making a killing here?. I'd bet my last buck their getting it in the back side just like any other small shop. Why do you think more than 50 percent of the manufacturing facilities in this country completly shut down in the last 5 years? They outsourced and shipped all their machines overseas where you can find a person to turn a dial and push buttons for $1.00 an hour just so tractor companies, brokers and middle men can continue to stick it to us by charging $367.00 for a part that cost $54.70 to make (fact). As far as mark up goes, I expect 50% and more is in line at the retail end at the dealers, on top of the 40% charged by all the channels it goes through before it gets there. Everybody has their hands out bickering about the loose change falling from the holes in their poskets. No different that the government really. At least the government can discover a 30 million dollar fraud ring after 7 years of investigation and then take action by putting the people involved on administration leave with pay. What a big fat joke this world has become. A quagmire of medocrity comprised of unconcious incompentents. Just trying to educate. Thanks for playing devils advocate, your a good sparring partner. scott#2
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