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To: i-node who wrote (457861)2/19/2009 6:34:17 PM
From: combjelly  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1577592
 
"I was just pointing out that 70% of those people who are expanding by adding the next dump truck are still doing it."

How much of that is expansion and how much of that is replacing worn out or obsolete equipment? In the case of Caterpillar, that 70% probably represents replacement.

" What we NEED is to put people back to work"

Precisely. Which is done, in the current climate at least, by restoring demand.


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