Tired Old Man - making a blanket statement like "most of you don't have a clue what profit levels consist of" without any factual information to back that up does NOT make you look good OR help your argument. And I never said or implied that profit margins are small in consumer sales. My example was clear - that a 300% profit increase does not have to translate to excess profits. On that, what business do YOU know of that voluntarily limits their profits? None that I know of - that's not the American way. Unless you're a government-regulated or subsidized monopoly, like a power company or a railroad, you should be able to make as much profits as legally possible. We believe in Capitalism, right? Or do you want the government regulating profits, too? But that's not the free market capitalism that made this country great and that is the most efficient engine of commerce. That said, I'm certainly for supporting my LHS. To a degree. But realize that that "degree" is only so that the LHS is there when I need it, for MY convenience. Again, self interest. It's the only force that works long term. And I'm not unsympathetic to people who have been adversely affected by global competition (as I have been). I'm just saying we need to recognize that things have changed.