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No, he is simply staying factual. 2,200 jobs in a workfoce of 1.5 million is insignificant. I grew up in Ct, during my teens Remington Arms alone employed at least that amount..each of 3 shifts per day. Many others also created a 5 figure Ct workforce. With automation (2013 gun mfg requires few manhours relative to sale price!!), a fairly low 4 figure headcount could make more guns there now. That automation made it a insignificant job creation force.
Now, unlike that poster, I would not say the rest of Ct mfg is meaningless. They need to retain UTC mfg jobs. They need to retain companies like Schick. But this thread is simply 2nd Amendment absolutists ignoring facts and ranting while trying to claim gun mfg matters for jobs, in a meaningful way. In 2013, it is not a meaningful employment engine.
Case in point (with a Ct hq, mfg in Az) Strum Ruger had 2012 sales of over 491 million, and their present headcount is just 1,441 nationwide, with under 10% in Ct. (Nationally- Strum Ruger is Just 60% of Ct's MetLife workforce before their latest reorg announcement!)
No, manufacturing isn't useless. There are areas in CT where minimal-education jobs are still necessary. All I'm saying is that we need far less of these minimal-education jobs than minimal-education states like SC.
Oh, okay, I didn't realize it was a FACT that everyone at PTR was an "inbred type" who "likely moved to Connecticut from somewhere else."
Thanks for setting the record straight about the genetic deficiency of Connecticut's migrant manufacturing workforce. I'm sure it's a big win for Connecticut to have a new batch of unemployed, genetically-defective out-of-towners.
I agree, it sucks that this company cares more about politics than loyalty to their own employees.
Actually the people of the state voted in the representatives that passed the laws that convinced them to move their business... That is who you have to thank.. The company is meerly making a business decission.. The people and the legislature made the political decission
Actually the people of the state voted in the representatives that passed the laws that convinced them to move their business... That is who you have to thank.. The company is meerly making a business decission.. The people and the legislature made the political decission
I didn't know they employed the entire state, I was referring to the 140 people, that is a sign of a company that has no loyalty unless they offered to take those 140 people with them, and pay for their relocation.
When the politics directly target your industry, it kind of makes sense.
Jack Daniels produces whiskey in a dry county, which means the company can't even drink what they are producing in their own factory. They are loyal to their employees.
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