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Goodbye, Connecticut: It’s just too expensive here
Journal Inquirer ^ | November 14, 2015 | Alan and Gerald Zordan

Posted on 11/14/2015 5:38:15 PM PST by BlueStateRightist

With the Litchfield hills and Connecticut in our rear-view mirror as we move our 101-year-old manufacturing company to South Carolina, we are nostalgic, excited, and disappointed.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Local News
KEYWORDS: bluestates; borgesonuniversal; connecticut; dannelmalloy; economy; minimumwage; socialism
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To: BlueStateRightist

Same thing in New York. Small manufacturing plants can’t survive because of the exact same reasons. Looked into moving a small plant couldn’t justify costs yet but haven’t looked at South Carolina.
Good Luck and God Bless for success.


21 posted on 11/14/2015 8:06:56 PM PST by mojo114 (Pray for our military)
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To: Broker

“pot-heads”

Past-year marijuana use was 14% in Connecticut and 11.4% in Georgia. http://www.samhsa.gov/data/sites/default/files/NSDUHStateEst2012-2013-p1/Tables/NSDUHsaePercents2013.pdf table 2


22 posted on 11/14/2015 8:52:33 PM PST by ConservingFreedom (a "guest worker" is a stateless person with no ties to any community, only to his paymaster)
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To: McGruff

Ping.


23 posted on 11/15/2015 1:30:11 AM PST by Springman (Rest In Peace YaYa123, Bahbah, and Just Lori.)
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To: Springman

Yup. This story is right on target. This used to be a great state but in the 15 years I’ve lived here it’s gone down hill. I’m lucky enough to still have a job and nearing retirement but may have to tell my son to move south young man.


24 posted on 11/15/2015 4:50:03 AM PST by McGruff (Trump-Cruz 2016. Make America Great Again.)
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To: Springman

Check out what they make.

http://www.borgeson.com/

Good to hear from you old FRiend.


25 posted on 11/15/2015 4:53:50 AM PST by McGruff (Trump-Cruz 2016. Make America Great Again.)
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