What is this bloke manufacturing $35 / hr is not exactly, a great return on $300,000 8,571 hrs or 357 days, [ 24 hrs] to regain your deposit, without interest. Is he making nails.

If you change the story, Arjay, then of course the end result will be different.

>>Pericles you are not too smart<<

As I said in the first instance, "are you sure you have your facts properly sorted?" It now seems that my suspicions were correct.

You kicked off with...

>>These machines bought new are worth over $ million<<

...then you told us...

>>Perhaps this was partly due to the purchase of a new machine...<<

Now you tell us...

>>the cost of each @ $300,000<<

As I thought, you hadn't got your facts straight. A million is a somewhat larger number than $300,000, after all.

If you are going to illustrate your diatribes with a "real life" example, Arjay, it is important to get the details right. Otherwise, people might think you are simply spinning a yarn.

And heaven forbid you'd ever do that.

Here is something relevant to this discussion;

Aussie manufacturing is getting hammered in 2011.

Manufacturing start-ups vanished this year.
A Dun & Bradstreet study shows new start-ups in manufacturing have
slumped from 700 a year on average for the past 3 years… to just 14 in the first six months of 2011.

No surprise manufacturing stocks fell like a stone this year.

The currant atmosphere is not quite there at the moment, if it aint accentual no one is buying. Be interesting to see how christmas will go, or will boxing day be the winner. No matter which one wins there won't be any carbon tax involved, just the normal rip offs.

arjay does not shoot like that
It goes like this fire! aim! get ready! ouch my foot.
Any one putting that much in to producing a product at that rate is heading for bankruptcy.
I again point out the thread claimed a non existent tax killed him.
With I a nonexistent victim, in nonexistent factory.

If Scotties power consumption is 32,000 kWh the carbon tax will add only $736 to his bill. (The carbon tax adds 2.3 cents/kWh to coal fired power.) What is his power consumption?