Thursday, January 05, 2006

The Auto Industry Moves South

Forbes reports:
The new auto industry in the U.S. is largely in the South. This part of the business is growing and hiring--and is nonunion. The Japanese, Germans and Koreans have plants in Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, South Carolina and Tennessee. Toyota is building a plant in Texas. Each of those states has two Senators and House members interested in protecting the foreign factories in their states, not doing favors for Michigan.
Are Blue state values too expensive for the auto industry?