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Related: About this forumSumitomo Rubber shuts down w/o notice. 1500 lose jobs, in shock. $150 M Tax dollars invested in plant 2 years ago
looks like one of those small towns dependent on one factory situations
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Sumitomo Rubber shuts down w/o notice. 1500 lose jobs, in shock. $150 M Tax dollars invested in plant 2 years ago (Original Post)
BlueWaveNeverEnd
Nov 13
OP
Tonawanda, New York is a gritty, blue-collar industrial town in Erie County, largely White, that hasn't voted....
RussellCattle
Nov 13
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RussellCattle
(1,760 posts)1. Tonawanda, New York is a gritty, blue-collar industrial town in Erie County, largely White, that hasn't voted....
.....for Trump in any of the three elections. Feel bad for them, this is lousy.
ultralite001
(1,139 posts)2. Where's the $$$...
TIA...
OAITW r.2.0
(28,392 posts)3. Need more info.....will try to sus this out. If anything, the corp ought to be supporting the tariffs and wait for Q1
2025.
Easterncedar
(3,524 posts)4. Tonawanda isn't full of employment opportunities
The whole area is rough. The tax breaks are so often just daylight robbery.
keithbvadu2
(40,120 posts)5. Donald, are you taking credit for this? They anticipate your inauguration.