A run to the border…

One of the beneficiaries of Governor Walkers incompetence has been our neighbors to the south. Illinois will probably land the hundreds of jobs of Talgo, American aluminum left Beloit, WI for Roscoe IL, and the Governor from Illinois is fully aware of the gift to his state that is Scott…

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Lets Gamble on Beloit

The Wisconsin State Journal has long been a right wing free-trade loving anti-protectionist newspaper. They tout the wonders of every free trade deal that comes along and are against every kind of protectionist policy that is desperately needed to help bring back manufacturing to the US. In spite of all…

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The Decline Of The Newspaper…

Beloit, WI still leads the state in highest unemployment rate. Beloit was one of the first cities hit by the terrible devastation of NAFTA, forcing the closure of the Beloit Corporation. (full disclosure, I grew up near Beloit, my family all worked at Beloit Corp and I still own a…

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