Ailing factory towns face tougher road to recovery

Twpallet

04:39 AMJun 15 2009

Manufacturing once held the ticket for an average Joe to succeed in life. Since Jimmy Carter and the increase of Democratic agencies overregulating manufacturing and construction, factory jobs have crashed. Local, state and federal agencies are to blame. Just try to start a factory, you'll understand the insanity. Government is the greatest threat to our economy and OBama is driving us into a socialist state.

Mayabelle1107

12:46 AMJun 15 2009

Norman Mattoon Thomas (Nov. 20, 1884 - Dec. 19, 1968) was a leading socialist, pacifist, and six time presidential candidate for the Socialist Party of America. In a 1944 speech explaining why he need not run for president anymore, he said this..."The American people will never knowingly adopt socialism. But, under the name of 'liberalism' they will adopt every fragment of the socialist program, until one day America will be a socialist nation, without knowing how it happened."....He went on to say: "I no longer need to run as a Presidential Candidate for the Socialist Party. The Democrat Party has adopted our platform."

SonjaDr

09:16 PMJun 15 2009

We moved to NC from WI many years ago and we can't get over how Milwaukee has gone downhill since we lived in that area in the early '70's. Taxes in that state are out of sight! People complain here about how high property taxes and it actually makes us laugh. My husband's brother's home in Green Bay is appraised for about what our house is here and his property taxes are 3.5 times higher than ours are here in NC. Unions did run things up there, for sure, and now they are paying for it. I read someplace recently that Milw. and Madison were two of the top cities in the country to find a job - that is a JOKE! Madison is in better shape that Milw., but the whole state of WI, to me, having lived there during its hayday, is on a downward spiral. Even their ed. system has gone to pot and it used to be one of the best in the country. Life in NC, every aspect of it, has WI beat by a mile!

Demarcodarcy

09:14 PMJun 15 2009

The entire country has entered a period where actual real new job creation will be the greatest challenge. The politics of our country has gone from greed to total stupidity.Both parties promote lies,taxes,spending and electing,the objective being to enrich themselves and their friends who helped them be elected.The public educational system for many young people is worthless and nothing more that job security for unionized teachers.Congress has made certain with special legislation that there will never be another Bill Gates or Microsoft,a non union company paying excellent wages and only recently being forced by congress to hire a lobbying firm! Imagine a company of over ten thousand employees not having to pay a union or bribe congress. It had to go,it's not the American way. Job retraining at age 50? You got to be joking. Our political class is creating the European way of life here in the USA that will include a permanent 15% unemployment rate,get ready for it.

Kleestard

07:17 PMJun 14 2009

Making their schools green would do the trick!