Special Interest Group on CRAP

I find myself fascinated by the California budget process. Much of the stuff I have read about blame for the crisis makes no sense at all to me, and has made me even more cynical about the state legislature. The shortfall in revenue this year amounts to about 10% of revenue. That doesn’t seem so [...]

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Part of the recent discussion about the demise of Chrysler and GM has centered on their dealer network. One report stated that Chrysler has more than 3100 dealers, whereas Toyota has only 1200 dealers. Since Toyota sells far more cars, you’d think that Chrysler needs to cut their dealer network. But that kind of begs [...]

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