That's because you're purposly trying to lock in on production costs and not the overall cost of doing business. The simple fact is that any money saved is money that the company is then ahead to use for whatever.
Yes to the overall well being of the company it means a ton.
Just to use some real numbers I'll use the numbers that were posted on TV last night. Rick Wagoner at GM made 16 million dollars last year. GM itself ended up $27 million in the whole last year. Subtract the two numbers. That one move brings the shortfall to 11 million (I'm not saying you can do away with the top position I'm demonstrating the savings to the bottom line).
And actually this is EXACTLY what they are working on from management's side to get back to profitability. GM has agreed to cut all executive pay by 50% and Wagoner is going to work next year for a buck.
Now that's HUGE savings. Bring in the UAW which has already agreed in principle to accept more cuts and GM is back on the right track.
Add to that the new models are starting to get the good reviews they had hoped for... Malibu, G6 etc. And they have the Chevy Volt coming out soon. There are good things on the way in my opinion.
Your 2 year old like tantrum of insults aside you are not being very honest.
I had no problem running two successful businesses because I understood the BALANCE needed to survive. That balance certainly wasn't me saying... Well let's see it cost my business in raw material & labor costs $600 to sand and paint a car. I can charge up to $1200 to sand and paint a car.
So obviously since my salary isn't in the actual production costs of those paint jobs I can pay myself a million dollars per year???????????????????????
My salary had to be in line with the overall profitability of my companies at the time. Not what someone else made. Not what some other Body Shop owner was paying himself. It had to be based on how my company was performing.
Now I'm in agreement that labor costs do have to factor in. I'm just saying there's OVERALL profitability to be made up by cutting at both sides.
You can try and word-smith all day if you want but it gets you nowhere. I gave you the fact of what was the top seller in America. I told you of my (and presumably others) personal driving impressions. But the main fact that I believe pushes consumers to imports (besides styling) is this. If you look at reliability ratings for Lexus, Toyota and Honda over the last say 10 years they blow US car makers away. I believe Lexus is generally first followed by others in this category.
You're a silly guy... and thankfully the pain eventually got do great that the American people kicked you nut jobs out wholesale.
