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From the article:

Last year, about 70 percent of its estimated $237 million operating profit went to pension contributions and interest costs, compared with 19 percent in 2007, according to company statements. “It’s a disturbing trend, and it does call into question the long-term viability of the company,” said Robert Willens, an accounting specialist at consultant Robert Willens LLC.

[GeronL]

#4- sounds like a familiar trend. Governments have also made promises that cannot be kept.

It’s time to go to a system of private individual savings accounts

[hinckley buzzard]

70 percent of its estimated $237 million operating profit went to pension contributions and interest costs,

Pay day for Carlos Slim. He'll end up owning this wreck, if he wants it.