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Red-Beard, are we talking about the same thing. Return on investment is not the same as profit / business volume. For example, if Exxon buys and sells a gallon of gasoline five times during the course of a year, and if that gallon costs Exxon about $3, then it has sold $15 worth of gasoline, but has only used $3 of its working capital. So, while profits ($1.50) are only ten percent of volume ($15), profits ($1.50) are HALF of working capital. That's a fifty percent ROI.

So yeah, I know about typical ROI's. And I think the thing you're talking about is not the same as what I'm talking about. Good for you that you earn 35% to 45% ROI. Not the same thing as profits divided by volume.

And I'm interested in your company's FIFTY PERCENT tax bracket. I'm not finding that in the tax tables.
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