Lew Hodgett wrote:
"dpb" wrote:

Deere, Caterpillar, etc., are doing just fine, thank you.

As are Boeing (commercial as well as military), Cessna,
Hawker/Beechcraft, ...

Illinois, Iowa, and Kansas come to mind, but Connecticut?

Didn't see the CT connection granted; thought it was meant as US.

Many of the problems in local areas has to do w/ onerous State and Local
laws and taxation policies combined w/ changing product demands and
competition pressures that haven't been responded to in effective manner
for one reason or another (or more generally, combination of all of the
above and more)...

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