"You sort of scratch your head as a consultant when you hear the manufacturer suggest they curb production, " says Mark Rikess, who runs a dealership training and consultancy in Burbank, Calif.

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It makes you scratch your head about the actual role of the public schools since there is so much spent on staff other than teachers relative to other nations.

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Before you scratch your head, consider: The San Francisco 49ers posted a 104-47 record--the league's best, including four championships--during the 1980s, yet the team that lost the most money during that decade was, ahem, the 49ers.

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You've got to scratch your head and wonder where are our tax dollars going?

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It's not like other war games where you sit around and stroke your head and scratch your chin and then scratch your chin some more while deciding what to do.

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