Editor’s Take: Desperate or Shortsighted?

Cost Cutting: We asked what portion of your overall operating costs you’ve been able to cut this year. The largest portion of readers, 57 percent, said zero to 5 percent. Another 29 percent of respondents said 6 percent to 15 percent. None indicated 16 percent to 25 percent, but 14 percent said they trimmed more than 25 percent of their costs.