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[Dan McCosh]

Where in the world did you get that? Why would you believe it?...

[Dan McCosh]

Do you still meet the nicest people?

[Dan McCosh]

Dunno what the source is, but the chart doesn't seem to distinguish between cost and price. The retail markup alone is way too low....

[Dan McCosh]

Worth noting that auto executives receive a large portion of their total "pay" in the form of stock options. This meant that many Ford executives...

[Dan McCosh]

The foundation of General Motors Corp. included the largest manufacturer of horse-drawn carriages. Dunno who made the whips for them....

[Dan McCosh]

The Chaparral was quickly banned from racing, but the underbody aerodynamics on today's race cars produce similar downforce, well in excess of 1G. This...

[Dan McCosh]

Do you really think an assembly-line worker makes $2,000 an hour?...

[Dan McCosh]

The UAW's split with the Democrats goes back to Ross Perot, who ran mainly on opposition to NAFTA. "The sucking sound of jobs going to Mexico."...

[Dan McCosh]

Might look at this: https://patrickhenley6.wixsite.com/m...mitena-history...

[Dan McCosh]

What you want to look at is the Canada-US auto pact, which was a model for a beneficial trade pact. NAFTA was modeled after it, but the problem is...

[Dan McCosh]

Top fuel dragsters depend on soft, bladder-like wheels to gain traction via their oval shape at standstill, which changes to a round shape at higher ...

[Dan McCosh]

You can race anything you want, even turtles or sailboats....

[Dan McCosh]

How can you not "burn out" at that acceleration rate? At sub-3 second 0-60 mph acceleration, the limit is set by the traction, not the po...

[Dan McCosh]

No you can't. Try it on ice, for example....

[Dan McCosh]

That would show the speed of the wheels, not the car....

[Dan McCosh]

Sounds impossible. How is the speed measured?

[Dan McCosh]

Been using a Minkota trolling motor on the dinghy for years. Pushes it along, gives about an hour and a half of running time on a 40-lb. battery. Pretty...

[Dan McCosh]

I was just pointing out how your data is ridiculous. Buffet often points out he pays less in income taxes than his secretary. If you own most of the...

[Dan McCosh]

The majority of most U.S. executive pay is based on stock options, the value of which depends on the street value of the stock. That results in lots...

[Dan McCosh]

Your source notes that Warren Buffet has acquired more than $140 billion on a salary of $100,000 a year....