Albie,
As much as I respect your insight on horse boarding and the respective "margins are too low to warrant the headaches"...I can't believe that I'm hearing this from you.
I don't need individuals representing me that are looking out for the companies profits...THEY pay alot of people, quite well, for that. I'm looking for a representative that will try to eke out the last friggin' penny for me, that the company will take from someone else. I don't give a crap if it's a manager, a driver, a mechanic, customer or friggin' shareholder!!! They just raised the GD dividend, again. And, you're trying to tell me to suck it up? The company's margins are down? Give me a friggin break!! You're suppose to represent our interests!!
I'd bet that the increased dividends were probably covered by the optimizer.