[quote=flu][quote=CA renter][quote=flu][quote=CA renter]So, you’re saying that a company has problems when its primary customer contracts spending. And how, exactly, does that relate to unions destroying the company?[/quote]
Simple. Cost.[/quote]
Only cost? How about lack of demand? Does the lack of, or sudden drop in, demand not have anything to do with the failure of companies?
Seems to me that MANY (if not most companies) have failed for this reason…not because of unions.[/quote]
Demand can be there if goods is offered at a reasonable price. Why else would another company that offers the identical offering suddenly get a big contract while another fails miserably?
The problem isn’t always lack of demand for a good or service. Some companies simply can’t compete because others can do it faster and cheaper (ideally without sacrificing quality…some of which isn’t true these days, but then again, most things these days aren’t missile systems or mission critical medical devices such that they need to be perfect anyway…..I seriously doubt if there is a bug in Angry Birds, anyone is gonna die from it…
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In the case of defense companies, the only thing they can do is downsize when the government pulls back on spending. It is not about unions or costs, but **lack of demand** that causes the greatest problems in the defense industry.
As to which company gets the contract with the govt, it is just as much about connections (and other details) as it is about price.
