I agree with you, Sometimes I wonder if the following is what's happening. If there's a 25% profit margin based on conditions for the year then a small guy making $100,000 gross makes $25,000 and gets a job in town. The large guy with say a $400,000 gross gets a $100,000 profit (buys new equip. toys etc like all of us would). Conditions change and there is only a 5% profit the next year. The guy with the $100,000 gross makes $5,000. wonders if it's worth doing and gripes/complains can't afford to fix his 40 year old equip. The large guy gets a $20,000 profit, tightens the belt a bit and borrows from the bank for the year if he has too. Things will be fine again in a year or two when profits are back around 20-30%. I think we often forget that in a business it's all about the profit margin. If the tiny profit margin is off of a large sum it is still enough actual money to live off of. The jealousy and frustration comes in that most of us didn't inherit and will not in a lifetime of working get the equity it takes to live off of a %5 profit margin. That's life....
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