Am 29.12.2011 22:43, schrieb Hans-Joachim Zierke:
but in principle a profit layer is added,
??? The profit margin of DB in subsidized traffic is somewhere in the
15 - 20% range. The profit margin of competitors is considerably lower.
(As soon as the services get tendered, DB offers with a lower margin,
too.)

Not the profit margin is lower, but the wages are lower and the
working conditions are worse. That is the purpose of the tendering and
privatisation: to drive worker's wages down.

DB and DB's competitors all explain it clear and loud: without
driving down wages, the competition does not work. Wages are the only
real differential.


Cheers,
L.W.