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Old 10-06-2006, 11:12 PM   #19
9th Engineer
Bioengineer and aspiring lawer
 
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Pittsburgh
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The way to make money on any sort of long-term basis is never to cut corners, you end up paying back all your profits to cover the damage you cause. There's no point in saving $100 on something if it costs $300 to fix it in a month. The weakest point of the American business system is that everything depends on short term profits. If a company puts lots of funding into programs that will make them the most competitive in a few years but eats all their profits now, then their stock drops and the banks start screaming. Google the term keiretsu for information on how things work now.

Uh oh, does this mean I'm agreeing with tw? I think I'm gonna pop a few asprin and lie down for awhile...
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