[robowombat]

This is fascinating as FesslerUSA had the kind of management and did all the right things that should make its story a chapter in any manufacturing management text.

[Democrat_media]

China makes most of our stuff: Obama makes U.S. uncompetitive

The U.S. economy is crap . We can’t even make most of our own stuff we use as China is making that and beating us. Obama has been president for 4 years so it’s that piece of crap’s fault.Obama’s socialism has destroyed the U.S. economy . We have much more coal, oil, shale oil , natural gas etc. than China but Obama is restricting energy production which could have created cheap energy for manufacturers . Instead China is building 1 coal power plant per week and makes most things we use ( more every day but the media lies and says the economy is great). 17 million more people on food stamps, 8 million more on disability , 20 million more unemployed. millions of manufacturing jobs lost , 50% college grads can’t find jobs, other good jobs replaced with fast food jobs and part time jobs all this with 6 trillion $ in debt it added on us . after election Obama ‘s EPA plans to almost completely shut down coal,oil, natural gas etc. Don’t you democrats and other voters for Obama get it socialism never works

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[GOPJ]

These folks should try to hang in there until Romney’s elected. If Obama’s team cheats to win, they might as well close up shop ‘cause things are gonna be getting worse.

[Humal]

Will these companies, FesslerUSA isn’t the only one, be able to go back into business after Romney wins — assuming the company wants to. Romney talked about another company that had this happen to them, and they spoke to him “with tears in their eyes”. There must be hundreds of these kinds of stories.

[bjcoop]

This my home town! I’m away at PSU right now though.

[Carriage Hill]

“Five years ago, third-generation owner Walter Meck and his family were feeling so good about the company’s prospects they doubled capacity...”

I did the same thing with the Family Farm Business, in 2007; in 2010-2011, a thriving $8.5mm business came tumbling down, after 21yrs, even though I downsized from 28 to 6 employees, and cut overhead by 60%.

EPA, USDOT, ACoE, DER, DEP, Ag Dept, Int Dept etc etc etc just buried us with taxes/rules/regs/taxes/fees/permits/fees/taxes/inspections/fees/taxes until I closed it down Nov 1, 2011.

[kearnyirish2]

If this guy had been a woman or minority he would have gotten the loans; race- and gender-based wealth redistribution at work.

[TigersEye]

Who is John Galt?