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Old 12-04-2018, 05:23 PM   #53
Dr Terry
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Default Re: If the Opel Commodore fails to sell can the Elizabeth plant be switched back on?

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Originally Posted by Bossxr8 View Post
No they weren't. Wages accounted for less than 6% of production costs. Electricity, gas, ohs and epa compliance and all the other government red tape sucked up much, much larger %'s.
That's all smoke & mirrors & accountant's trickery.

If you get the number of Holdens built per year & divide that number by the TOTAL wages, you would get a shock.

If you follow their logic & just work the number of hours a factory worker actually 'touched' a car that figure is much lower.

The problem with their calculations is that the security guards at the front gate, the forklift drivers & the guys working in the canteen still count in production costs, even though they don't actually 'build' the car.

I do agree however that Govt. oncosts are a big problem also. I've had my own business for 40+ years & I know this only too well.

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