Do the sum of these people add up to or supplement the displaced? No. Not even close. Plus, we would still have petrol and tyres being made for cars - the tyre production companies do not require an extra person specialising in tractor tyre design. As for VicRoad employees - you'd need more without a tractor, so that's supporting my argument. <Deliberately opens a can of worms> Now if our government was to support the concept of a single worker in each family... -----Original Message----- From: BJA Yes BUT... without tractors, there are no tractor manufacturers, no tractor electronics manufacturers or other tractor parts manufacturers, no petroleum or tyre providers, no driver trainers, no VicRoad employees (do they have a tractor section?) etc.. ************************************************** To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. To search the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx **************************************************