Exceptional Failed State: U.S. job losses & store closings 17 October 2013. Spice prices going up! The Big banks just keep killing jobs! More British empire caused job cuts! No more led?

Incomplete list of announced closings and layoffs:

Too Big to Jail, Wells Fargo, laid off an additional 925 people!  This brings the total announced layoffs since July 2013 to 6511!  Bank officials finally acknowledge the bad economy: “We are reducing staff as we continue to align our workforce based on current market conditions…”-Angela Kaipust, Wells Fargo spokeswoman

The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association laid off 12 employees. Officials acknowledged the bad economy saying they need to bring “…expenses in line with revenue.”

U.S. spice seller McCormick announced drastic closures or cut backs to its European, Middle East and Asian operations.  The company warned it will mean layoffs.  Company officials said they need to consolidate operations.

California: Yet another video game maker goes down.  2K Marin laid off a “majority” of employees, and some unnamed inside sources say the company actually shutdown.  In Oakland, Sutter Health laid off six more employees.

Connecticut: 85 jobs lost as the 160 years old Stafford Springs Warren Corporation textile mill shutdown.

Florida: In Jacksonville, evil British empire owned school bus service First Transit shutting down.  138 jobs lost.  First Transit is owned by the British First Group. First Group also owns another school bus company called First Student.  The British empire is the mortal enemy of the United States, if you work for them you’re a traitor.

Georgia: In Augusta, Rooster’s Beak restaurant shutdown.

Kentucky: In Butchertown, Blind Pig restaurant shutdown. The property owner kicked out the restaurant owner.  The restaurant owner says for some reason the property owner began refusing to accept his rent checks. Sounds like another case of a greedy property owner looking to sell out to a property developer.

Michigan: Recently formed Catholic Health East Trinity Health laid off another 45 employees.  CHE Trinity Health was behind the layoffs at the non-profit Crittenton Hospital. Pennsylvania based CHE merged with Michigan based Trinity Health, and now they’re drastically cutting costs to deal with Obama Care.  Mount Clemens Community Schools laid off 12 teachers: “When you lose students, you’re going to lose teachers.”-Deborah Wahlstrom, superintendent

Minnesota: In Minneapolis, Heidi’s restaurant shutdown.

Missouri: In Herculaneum, the last led [sic] smelter in the U.S. has shutdown!  145 jobs lost! Doe-Run says the cost of meeting the latest U.S. EPA regulations will kill them, anyway.

New York: Too Big to Jail, International Foreign Exchange Concepts Holdings, has failed.  Now bankrupt.  Company officials are blaming the San Francisco Employees’ Retirement System for pulling more than $450-million USD from one of their investment funds.

Pennsylvania: In Scranton, The Bon-Ton department store shutdown.  50 jobs lost. Company officials said it was not worth it to renew the lease. In Manor Township, 53 years old Furniture World Carpet One shutdown two stores (one is in Indiana)! The owner blamed the bad economy and greedy landlords: “We lost the lease…..and we couldn’t afford to buy it.”-Andrea Solomon-Eller

South Carolina: In Charleston, La Fourchette restaurant shutdown. The property owner sold the space out from under the restaurant owner.

Texas: Tax sucker Port San Antonio eliminated 17 jobs, blaming declining U.S. Air Force spending.  In Pasadena, an ALCO store shutdown: “The economy has clearly had an impact on store sales, and we’ve made the very difficult decision to close.”-Ricardo Clemente, Store Operations

Virginia:  The newspaper Virginian-Pilot laid off 32 employees.

Washington: In Bellingham, game and model kit hobby store Eagles Games shutdown.

Wisconsin: In Racine a Sears will close down, 52 jobs lost.

The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) doesn’t count the hundreds of layoffs involving less than 50 people each, in its mass layoff reports. It also doesn’t count all the little ‘mom & pop’ businesses that shut down.

“Our ideals and principles, as well as our national security……..That’s what makes America different. That’s what makes us exceptional.”-Barack Obama, 10 September 2013