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[–] 30 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Is it because they built the plants in Arkansas so they wouldn’t have to pay anyone?

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago*

    I've worked for a Steel Company in that part of Arkansas before. In my experience what drove companies to move there were:

    • Lax environmental regulations
    • Access to the Mississippi river for raw materials
    • Cheap electricity from local coal and gas plants
    • Anti Union state and local governments
    • Tax incentives from the state and local governments

    Wages weren't really bad from what I remember. Many jobs starting at $80k, with good production bonus incentives. Though the work was often very physical with long working hours.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    What is there in Arkansas for a steel mill? Iron ore??? cheap electricity???

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Desperate laborers, and, I'm guessing, no union troubles.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    Desperate laborers

    This is also why the right wing is so upset about falling fertility rates. Have more babies future desperate laborers. And of course current laborers become more desperate when they have more mouths to feed.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    I've been to Arkansas many times as I live just across the state line.

    There's fucking nothing in the entire goddamn state, even in the state capital Little Rock. It's gorgeous land, they don't call it "The Natural State" for nothing, and I've found some cool shops when I've gone looking; but there's just no infrastructure of any kind aside from decent roads.

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