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[taxthedeer]

It was announced today that Federal Mogul Wiper Products will cease operations at it's Michigan City plant at 402 Royal Rd by the end of 2012.

[taxthedeer]

I always thought that picture on the cover of the former ANCO Gary plant at 11th & Grant Street was really cool. You can see the buildings in downtown Gary along Broadway and USS Gary Works in the background.

[Equalizer]

I always thought that picture on the cover of the former ANCO Gary plant at 11th & Grant Street was really cool. You can see the buildings in downtown Gary along Broadway and USS Gary Works in the background.

It is obvious this area is not user friendly to manufacturing... something very wrong here that the political light here promotes the decline of the local economy. Just like blocking Franklin Street and destroying the heart of Michigan City.

[MCRogers1974]

It is obvious this area is not user friendly to manufacturing... something very wrong here that the political light here promotes the decline of the local economy. Just like blocking Franklin Street and destroying the heart of Michigan City.

Sadly, it is not this geographic area which is the problem. The central problem is that most manufacturing type work can be done in a third world country such as Vietnam, etc. - places where they have no environmental laws, child labor laws, minimum wage laws. Tough to compete with the third world countries.

[southyards]

Sadly, it is not this geographic area which is the problem. The central problem is that most manufacturing type work can be done in a third world country such as Vietnam, etc. - places where they have no environmental laws, child labor laws, minimum wage laws. Tough to compete with the third world countries.

Here’s a link to an interesting story titled “Factory owners: Federal prisoners stealing our business. ” The article is about Unicor Company, located in the U.S.

http://money.cnn.com/2012/08/14/smallbusin....html?hpt=hp_t2

The gist of the article is that Unicor is a government-run enterprise that employs over 13,000 inmates -- at wages as low as 23 cents an hour -- to make goods for the Pentagon and other federal agencies.
With some exceptions, Unicor gets first dibs on federal contracts over private companies as long as its bid is comparable in price, quantity and delivery. In other words: If Unicor wants a contract, it gets it.