### Comment:
not if you have to be within a certain radius of your plant per the terms of your employment contract.  
  
 it's been 2 years, so he probably makes about 100k now, and probably lives on his own. i haven't spoken to him in a while. in any case, he's probably about in the same place as me now as far as percent of student debt paid off and savings... even though he makes roughly double (assumed).

### REPLY:
What if you show them some calculations for the ROI and present value of the future savings, and compare those with their proposed short-term projects to prove thinking long-term is the way to go? Once they have the data in their hands, it's a lot easier for them to justify it to their bosses/stakeholders, though doing those equations should obviously be their job.

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