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well it appears per mile rate has not budged in 16 years...so doing the math...it is a backward slide...

Less snarl would be good for a start....no one is arguing with you... I left the last part of your post...because you are correct right there.....

now adjusting for inflation...say 3% per year...we are making about .53 cents per mile now...:(

The lead lemming is the first off the cliff...LOL

Hostess would have eventually failed anyhow....IMO..mis-management, bad product line...unions were just a apart of the overall problem....the more the workers gave back the more Wall Street just sucked the company dry....they have a lot of bidders for their individual products....Twinkies may...

IF they were still in business..the question would be...What would the rate sheets look like?

Meanwhile the president of the AFL-CIO, Richard Trumka, released a statement calling the closure "a microcosm of what's wrong with America, as Bain-style Wall Street vultures make themselves rich by making America poor." Bain Capital is the asset management company founded by former Republican...

We know you want you want to be successful. We know you want it more than anything in the world. But sometimes, setting your goals too high can have the opposite effect of what you intended. There's nothing wrong with having lofty goals. But when they're so unreachable that you'd have to be...

the way this business is evolving (backwards)...we'll be back to dragging our knuckles and using a club...LOL we have people running around calling themselves leaders of the industry...piffft...them leaders needs to be fired...

16 yrs later and still struggling to make the very same amount....how sad is this business...

so basically about a $1.00 a mile for anything over 300 miles...just an estimate

My point was not to run cheaper all the time....having the ability to be more flexible and STILL make a profit to get out of a tough area...obviously more is always better then less...

No man should be on their hands and knees with pants around the ankles....

Who needs brakes? lol......my sprinter has a life of its own....

So what's your point?

I paid 16 k out the door thank you...lol I replaced everything forward of the firewall as it was ORIGINAL.... I could have gotten a short block and used all my old parts and paid about 6k now you come on...1 set of brakes all round...

Nope an 05 .... My parts are not that expensive anymore ....I see a shop about twice a year....I've had 1 alignment in 750,000 miles! Beat that ford.... Lol

keep in mind...my profit margin is not your margin....everyone has a different CPM ...profit is measured by operating costs....lower the operating costs the more one profits...

not so comfortable nor profitable sitting for a mere .05....

No...but it does make you more competitive....you have more flexibility out there in a tough situation....it is a business advantage...don't abuse it, use it....