Florida: Tax-sucking Abacus Technology laying off 388 people due to its NASA contract at Kennedy Space Center ending! Also at Kennedy Space Center, Vencore eliminating 55 jobs between the end of September and Xmas.
Idaho: “Effective immediately” the state Department of Labor Director Ken Edmunds resigned. It could be the result of a former Labor Department employee suing the department because his personal cell phone was illegally searched! It turns out the former employee was a whistle-blower trying to save taxpayer dollars by revealing the Department of Labor was violating state purchasing laws and wasting government resources (for which he was fired, firing an employee for revealing the truth is a violation of federal law). However, Right to Work (you over) ‘christian’ gov’na Butch Otter swears his Labor Department director did not resign over the federal lawsuit. Canyon County reporting a record number of people being detained on ‘involuntary mental health holds’. They set a record in July of 123 people on metal health holds, at a cost to taxpayers of $153-thousand USD. Canyon County is now demanding state leaders spend more money building a new crisis center in their county. So far the state is spending several millions of tax dollars on four crisis centers throughout The Gem State.
Illinois: Semi-Truck maker Navistar shutting down its medium-duty 9/10 liter engine factory in Melrose Park, 170 jobs gone by April 2018! It’s blamed on emission regulations: “Looking at the financial impact it would take to keep this engine compliant with Environmental Protection Agency standards, it just wasn’t in the cards.”
New York: New ‘green’ packaging maker Evocative Design suddenly laid off 18 people, despite getting a taxpayer funded $9.1-million USD grant from U.S. Defense Department’s DARPA. Tax-sucking nuclear contractorLutech Resources suddenly laid off 195 people, due to sudden contract cancellation by Aptim! Tax-sucking nuclear decontamination company Aptim suddenly laid off 167 people, blaming it on the sudden cancellation of a contract with Exelon Generation Company!Federaly controlled Brookhaven National Laboratory eliminating 175 jobs by the end of the year, and don’t blame Donald Trump (like some leftist news media are) as the layoffs were being planned before he became president (which means Obama is to blame)!
North Carolina: State taxpayers screwed as industrial hi-tech battery maker Alevo now chapter 11 bankrupt busted and dead, saying “This decision was driven by the formidable challenges of bringing a new technology into commercial production and lacking the financial wherewithal to continue on through repeated manufacturing delays.” It must be noted the company got $163-thousand taxpayer dollars for the express purpose of training up new employees.
Pennsylvania: The Tax Foundation concluded its study on Philadelphia’s so called sugary drink tax (most are made with GMO corn syrup and don’t contain any sugar); the tax now makes soda pop more expensive than beer because the tax is 24 times higher than the beer tax! Isn’t beer made by fermenting sugars? The study also revealed that expected tax collections are way below what the Utopianist city leaders expected. And to add fuel to the anti-tax fire, market research firm Catalina discovered that people in Philadelphia are leaving the city just to buy their favorite soda-pop, so much so that tax revenues are going to come up short of expectations by at least 15%. Tax-sucking nuclear decontamination company Aptim suddenly laid off almost 3-hundred people! Tax-sucking nuclear contractor Lutech Resources suddenly laid off 90 people.
South Carolina: Formerly Japan owned (Toshiba) U.S. tax-sucking bankrupt nuclear power plant builder Westinghouse suddenly laid off 850 people! Westinghouse now hit with a lawsuit claiming the tax-sucking company was violating federal labor laws.
Tennessee: Federaly controlled Brookhaven National Laboratory eliminating 350 jobs by the end of the year, and don’t blame Donald Trump (like some leftist news media are) as the layoffs were being planned before he became president (which means Obama is to blame)!
Texas: The city of Amarillo laid off eight Info-Tech employees, and closed a vacant position, in an attempt to save 900-thousand tax dollars.
More proof you brick-n-mortar store owners can’t directly blame the internet/high-tech competition for your demise. Incomplete list of U.S. internet/high-tech/communications job destruction announcements in August 2017:
Alaska: The trustee of chapter 11 bankrupt busted Alaska Dispatch News wants to kill it off by declaring chapter 7 bankruptcy.
Arizona: California based Paypal eliminating an undisclosed number of jobs at its office in Chandler.
California: Los Angeles Times reporting that Disney-ABC Television Group is prepping for mass layoffs, targeting mainly its west coast operations due to continued declining profits. Miramax laid off another 20 people, after laying off 20 back in May as part of a plan to make the movie studio more efficient. Broad Green Pictures laid off 15 people and cancelled most of its current movie projects. Video game maker Glu Mobile suddenly laid off 46 people, shutdown its Long Beach operations and canceled its game Car Town Racing. Mountain View based Intel warned of yet more mass layoffs saying “we have too many people”. In 2016, Intel laid off 15-thousand people! Chemring Energetic Devices issued a shutdown WARN for its operations in Torrance, 52 jobs gone by November. San Francisco based Uber eliminating as many as 5-hundred vehicle leasing jobs, due to losing an average of $9-thousand USD on every car leased! BOO!!! In San Jose, data storage company Brocade Communications Systems eliminating 96 jobs by Halloween. In Van Nuys, print tech company MSE Technologies eliminating 155 jobs by Halloween! In Roseville, Tesla and SolarCity issued layoff WARNs, 204 jobs gone by Halloween! Computer company Oracle America issued a layoff WARN, 1-thousand-18 jobs in San Diego and Santa Clara gone by Halloween!
Connecticut: California based ebay issued a shutdown WARN for its operations in East Granby, 197 jobs gone by Xmas! In Norwalk, after only two years of operations video game ‘summer camp’ center Game Haven begging locals for financial support, the owner says he’ll have to shutdown if he can’t raise at least $100-thousand USD.
Illinois: Comcast eliminating 211 jobs at its call center in Oak Brook, in time for Halloween! Chicago based Groupon made more job cuts, this time 130 people got the axe! Back in April Groupon killed at least 1-hundred jobs! Too Big to Jail Capital One eliminating 4-hundred call center jobs, blaming it on customers who don’t call-in!
Kansas: Siemens Wind Energy (aka Gamesa Renewable Energy) eliminating 140 jobs due to lack of sales!
Kentucky: Lexington based Lexmark eliminating 7-hundred jobs globally, by the end of 2018!
Maryland: In Baltimore, OrderUp! laid off 70 HQ employees due to being taken over by GrubHub/Groupon.
Michigan: Lithium Ion battery maker XALT Energy eliminating 37 jobs due to crashing orders from a Chinese electric bus maker.
Missouri: Frontier Communications shutting a call center, 141 jobs in Welden Spring gone by Halloween!
New Jersey: Internet based meal service company Blue Apron issued a shutdown WARN for its Jersey City ops, 1-thousand-270 people jobless by October!
New Mexico: California based Info-Tech company PCM suddenly laid off 50 people in Rio Rancho. Local news media pointed out that PCM is still advertising that it’s hiring.
New York: NYC based ‘millennial-news site’ Mic.com laid off 25 people in an attempt “to make Mic the leader in visual journalism”.
North Carolina: State taxpayers screwed as industrial hi-tech battery maker Alevo now chapter 11 bankrupt busted and dead, saying “This decision was driven by the formidable challenges of bringing a new technology into commercial production and lacking the financial wherewithal to continue on through repeated manufacturing delays.” It must be noted the company got $163-thousand taxpayer dollars for the express purpose of training up new employees.
Ohio: In Dayton, Krush Technologies suddenly laid off 40 people, apparently because the new Krush Digital doesn’t need as many employees.
Oregon: In Hillsboro, SureID made an additional 79 job cuts. According to local news media SureID has killed 376 jobs since May! Portland based online bank Simple suddenly laid off 33 people as part of a plan to “refocus” the company.
Tennessee: Newspaper company Gannett shutting down its Nashville design studio, 88 jobs lost to outsourcing.
Texas: Southlake based hotel/airline reservation tech company Sabre eliminating more than 9-hundred jobs due to a 2nd quarter loss of $6.5-million USD loss!
Vermont: Cox Automotive-Dealer.com suddenly laid off 45 people in order to “position the company for greater long-term growth, stability and profitability”, which will see a total of 950 jobs across the U.S. eliminated!
Virginia: Telvista issued a layoff WARN for its Danville call center, 222 jobs gone due to “an unexpected reduction in one of our customer’s business needs”!
Incomplete list of off-shoring of U.S. jobs, and immigrant labor increases, since Donald Trump began his job as President of the United States on 20 JAN 2017.
“Companies are not going to leave the United States anymore without consequences. Not going to happen.”-Donald Trump, December 2016
December:CD International Enterprises, a company focused on doing business with China and the U.S., is now chapter 7 bankrupt dead and being liquidated.
Connecticut based corporate ‘relocation’ service company Cartus asking U.S. employees to voluntarily quit as it “aligns its global workforce with business realities.”
British empire New Zealand owned virtual reality company 8i eliminated at least 30 jobs in California, essentially admitting that the virtual reality ‘market’ is too hard to figure out.
Noble Americas Corporation laid off at least 67 people in Texas and 84 people Connecticut after Xmas, due to the company’s sale to Switzerland based Vitol.
Alstom Signaling eliminating 86 jobs in New York by July 2018, probably due to its take-over by Deutschland based Siemens.
Krispy Kreme Doughnuts laid off 90 HQ employees in North Carolina, as part of a plan to move operations overseas.
British empire Canada based SunOpta shutting down its ‘organic’ food roasting ops in North Dakota, 35 jobs gone by July 2018 due to consolidation operations.
Switzerland based Nestlé issued a layoff WARN, 55 people in California jobless by February 2018.
This time blame Obama and Bush Jr! According to the Pew Research Center, from 2005 to 2015 there was a 25% increase in the number of immigrants coming from Central American countries.
Evil government identification (ID) computer systems designer France owned, yet U.S. taxpayer funded, MorphoTrust USA (OT-Morpho) issued a shutdown WARN for one of its Illinois locations, 74 jobs gone in February 2018.
Automotive interior parts maker FuturiS shutting down a factory in Tennessee, 140 jobs gone after Xmas possibly due to being taken over by Ireland based competitor Adient!
Dart Container Corporation shutting down a factory in Georgia, 160 jobs gone by 2019 as production is shifted to the British empire’s Canada!
Switzerland based measurement instruments makerMettler-Toledo announced at least69 layoffs at its Ohio Hi-Speed factory, starting July 2018. The Hi-Speed factory will be shutdown by January 2019, in connection to moving production to new factories in Lutz, Florida, and a third new factory for Changzhou, China.
In Missouri, Switzerland based ABB shutting down its electrical transformer factory, 120 jobs gone!
China based Yanfeng Automotive Interiors issued a mass layoff WARN, 345 jobs in Michigan gone starting at the end of January 2018, due to lack of orders!
Japan owned tire maker Bridgestone issued a shutdown WARN for a re-tread operation in California, 65 jobs gone after Xmas.
Deutschland based electrical engineering giant Siemens announced it will eliminate 6-thousand-9-hundred jobs globally, including 1-thousand-8-hundred jobs in the United States! Administrators blame “The power generation industry is experiencing disruption of unprecedented scope and speed. Renewables are putting other forms of power generation under increasing pressure.”
Microsoft increased the number of jobs being eliminated at its Oregon Surface Hub operations to 125! Microsoft is eventually shutting down its Oregon Surface Hub ops and moving most of the work to China.
British empire United Kingdom owned, U.S. taxpayer funded, Luxfer Magtech halting its manufacture of U.S. Department of Defense Meal Ready to Eat ‘flameless’ ration heaters at its factory in New York, 60 jobs gone by February 2018.
France based food service contractor Sodexo issued a WARN, 30 people in Ohio jobless right after Xmas.
After 28 years in Idaho, it was revealed that restaurant Taquiera La Costa suddenly shutdown because the immigrant owner failed to become a legal resident/citizen and had to move back to Mexico. He swears he’ll be back when his ‘paperwork’ is approved.
British empire Canada basedSaputo announced the shutdown of its Wisconsin cheese factory, 126 jobs gone by May 2018!
The evil Carlyle Group owned, and now schizophrenic,Pharmaceutical Product Development (PPD)laid off 12 InfoTech employees, and is laying off an undisclosed number of HR employees, as part of off-shoring of jobs to an unnamed European location, while at the same time claims to be hiring “hundreds” of new employees (apparently off-shore).
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) says many violent gangs in the U.S. today are actually foreign insurgents (illegal immigrants), such as MS-13.
Also in Indiana, the final round of mass layoffs was announced at the very Carrier factory Donald Trump boasted of ‘saving’. In January 2018, about 215 additional employees will become unemployed! Trump claimed to have prevented the jobs from going to Mexico by giving Carrier a $7-million USD taxpayer funded deal, however, Carrier employees say U.S. jobs are not being saved: “Trump came in there to the factory last December and blew smoke up our asses! He wasn’t gonna save those jobs.”-Brenda Darlene Battle
Farmers in North Carolina revealed their addiction to cheap slave-wage migrant labor from Mexicoby suing the Democrat governor and state Administrative Office of Courts over the new Farm Act of 2017 (Senate Bill 615). Apparently farmers were deducting ‘union dues’ from migrant workers’ paychecks and supposedly the new pro-migrant worker law will stop that.
In Pennsylvania, the new Mexico based owner of Pittsburgh Glass Works announced it will shutdown the 130 years old Creighton factory in East Deer and consolidate production to Mexico, affecting nearly 2-hundred U.S. jobs! Mexico based Vitro bought Pittsburgh Glass Works, this year, for $310-million USD, however, the official reason for the shutdown is a “combination of difficult realities” .
The liberal-left-wing news media made a big deal about India’s tractor company Mahindra’s plan to open a small factory in Detroit, Michigan. The reality is that at best about 2-hundred new jobs would be created, and there are two good reasons why the Indian company decided to set up shop in the U.S.; corporate tax breaks at U.S. taxpayer expense, and growing doubts about the current NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) situation, which could affect Mahindra’s factories in Canada and Mexico.
Paradise Papers: “An investigative report this week by The New York Times, based on a leak of offshore financial records known as the Paradise Papers, revealed that dozens of wealthy [U.S.] college endowments use Caribbean islands as offshore tax havens for their investments.”
October: Idaho taxpayer funded France based public transportation contractor Transdev-Valley Regional Transit-ValleyRideissued a WARN, 102 Boise jobs gone in November!
British empire based Too Big to Jail RBS (Royal bank of Scotland) 43 jobs in Connecticut right before Xmas.
In California, South Africa based Swissport notified state employment officials that it is ending airport operations in Los Angeles and San Francisco, 348 jobs gone in December! France based clothier Louis Vuitton shutting down its store in Hollywood, right after Xmas. St. John’s Knits issued another WARN, 72 California jobs outsourced to Mexico (on top of the 130 jobs already lost to Mexico during Summer). Electric car maker Tesla suddenly laid off as many as 7-hundred Californians for lack of performance, or is it part of Tesla’s plan to focus on production in China? Finland based Nokia issued a layoff WARN for its California operation, 72 jobs gone a few days before Xmas.France owned Schneider Electric eliminating 15 jobs in California, right before Xmas. California wildfires reveal more than 50-thousand illegal immigrants living in Napa and Sonoma counties, yet U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says they won’t be deported! It’s been revealed that San Francisco based Too Big to Jail Wells Fargo’s massive layoffs of U.S. employees is part of a plan to shift banking jobs to Philippines! TheCharlotteObserver: Wells Fargo seeks overseas call center workers as it slashes US jobs
Unnamed employees revealedRockwell Collins plans to offshore at least 130 North Carolina jobs to the Philippines, it might be connected to the pending sale of Rockwell Collins to United Technologies!
Italy based eyewear maker/distributor Luxottica Retail North America issued a mass layoff WARN, 208 jobs in Tennessee gone right after Xmas!
In West Virginia, Italy owned plastics maker M&G Polymers now chapter 11 bankrupt busted.
Germany ownedAkustica issued a shutdown WARN for its Pennsylvania location, 54 jobs gone by October 2018.
Japan owned but Switzerland based Metalor Technologies issued a shutdown WARN for its Pennsylvania location, 121 jobs gone right after Xmas!
Japan owned Oak-Mitsui issued a layoff WARN for 20 people in New York.
Netherlands owned Chicago Bridge & Iron (CB&I) suddenly laid off 90 people in Louisiana, blaming a variety of things including Hurricane Harvey.
Brazil owned poultry processorPilgrim’s Pride shutting down its new factory in Luverne, 2-hundred jobs gone between Thanksgiving and Xmas, due to Pilgrim’s Pride’s takeover of competitor GNP in January!
Meggitt Aircraft Braking Systems eliminating 55 jobs in Ohio as part of its plan to move jobs to Mexico.
U.S. Paper Converters shutting down its Wisconsin operations, 52 jobs gone by New Years due to state officials bringing in foreign operations with taxpayer money: “For the third time in less than two months, the Paper Valley has been hit hard. At a time when the state is set to spend billions to lure a foreign company, our heritage and core industries are being gutted without explanation or without concern from our state leadership. This is not just about the loss of fifty jobs, but fifty families, men, women and children being thrust into difficult times and during the holiday season. It is high time we focus our time, resources and money on Wisconsin industry and Wisconsin jobs. Paper is our heritage, and it must be our future.”-Tom Nelson, Outagamie County Executive
U.S. Congress is considering a tax bill that would reward corporations for sending jobs offshore, “Ending taxation of offshore profits would give multinational corporations an incentive to send jobs offshore, thereby lowering U.S. wages. It would also be a giant loophole for corporations to use accounting gimmicks to move their profits to tax havens, resulting in the loss of billions of dollars in tax revenue for the United States.”–100 GROUPS OPPOSING A TERRITORIAL TAX SYSTEM
Two ‘dreamers’ caught in separate incidents running human trafficking operations! They were smuggling people from Mexico and Brazil into the United States. U.S. Customs and Border Protection press release;Laredo Sector Border Patrol Agents Arrest Juvenile Smugglers
Pennsylvania based clothier David’s Bridalrevealed plans to shutdown U.S. stores and open new stores in Canada.
September:Pioneer Metal Finishing shutting down its ops in Oshkosh, 52 jobs gone due to consolidation of operations to other U.S. and Mexican factories.
August: General Electric (GE) shutting down its electronic board factory in New York, 145 jobs being affected by GE’s plan to off-shore production to China! Fuel station operator Sunoco suddenly laid off 94 HQ employees, and many hundreds more employees will become unemployed as Sunoco sold its fuel station ops to Japan owned 7-Eleven!
July: Donald Trump’s favorite HVAC company Carrier going through with mass layoffs, 630 people will become jobless between now and the end of the year, due to Carrier shifting the jobs to Mexico! Brooklyn-NYC based Vice Media laid off 60 people as part of its plan to focus on international markets.
June: Despite the boasts/threats from Donald Trump, home improvement retailer Lowes is eliminating 120 Info-Tech jobs in North Carolina, those jobs are being off-shored to India! In Texas, after 110 years R.H. Lackner’s Fine Jewelry shutdown, the owners blaming everything including “violence” from “Mexico”.
May: Despite earlier threats by Donald Trump, HVAC company Carrier suddenly began eliminating 3-hundred jobs! Carrier also warned that more layoffs will take place later in the year as work is shifted to Mexico! In Colorado, after 40 years Turley’s Kitchen shutdown due to the owners being unable to hire competent immigrant employees, (and being unable to find a buyer for the iconic ‘health food’ restaurant). Despite record levels of legal immigration into the U.S., the owners say it’s gotten harder to find people who’re willing to do things like wash dishes!
April: Colorado based Ciber is now bankrupt busted and being sold-off to a French company.
CBS 60 Minutes reveals U.S. companies (including Disney) forcing U.S. employees to train their migrant replacements:
March: Wisconsin based farm vehicle parts maker Rexnord shutting down its Indiana bearings factory and moving more than 3-hundred jobs to Mexico by the end of the year, despite threats by Donald Trump! Massachusetts based Liberty Mutual eliminating 360 Info-Tech jobs across two U.S. states as part of a massive plan to “….hire 25,000 people worldwide.”
U.S. Senators from Idaho Jim RischandMike Crapo, along with David Perdue of Georgia, reintroduced a bill that would make labor strikes at U.S. ports illegal, for the benefit of foreign companies: “By qualifying the ‘slowdown’ tactic as an unfair labor practice, this bill will ensure businesses can continue to import and export their goods…..:”
February: Georgia based video game maker Kiz Studios confirmed it suddenly eliminated jobs, but refused to say how many. Administrators said it was to restructure “…three of our gaming studios in order to focus on our new Global Services practice.”
U.S. FEDERAL/STATE/LOCAL GOVERNMENT LAYOFFS JUNE 2016 : “WE’RE NOT TAKING CARE OF OUR OWN PEOPLE, THAT’S BULLSHIT!” as it’s been revealed that a taxpayer funded scholarship program known as DACA funds college education for ILLEGAL immigrants! Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton proudly and openly supports it! DACA is in addition to any other financial aid: “I was able to get scholarships and grants through DACA.”-Clara Kim, Korean student at elitist Azusa Pacific University in California who admitted to Hillary Clinton that she was in the U.S. illegally, Hillary Clinton then ‘applauded’ Kim’s efforts, it was caught on video by CBSLos Angeles.
The Protenus Breach Barometer says in the month of July 47% of healthcare data breaches were caused by hacking, a new record.
The world’s biggest pusher of legal drugs, Israeli based Teva, announced plans to exit 45 countries and eliminate 7-thousand jobs! However, Teva admin claim its operations in New Jersey and Pennsylvania will not be affected.
California: Jackson National Life Insurance shutting down an office in Los Angeles, by November. DaVita Medical Group issued a layoff WARN for its El Segundo ops, 57 jobs gone by Halloween. Country Care Health Center issued a shutdown WARN for its Atascadero ops, 50 jobs gone by Halloween. Worker comp claim manager One Call Care Management shutting down its West Hills location in time for Halloween. Drugs pusher Allergan issued a layoff WARN for its operations in Irvine, 109 jobs gone in time for Halloween! Peregrine Pharmaceuticals-Avid Bioservices eliminating 60 jobs in Tustin, by October. SunBridge Carmichael Rehabilitation issued a shutdown WARN for its Carmichael location, 72 jobs gone by Halloween.
Connecticut: New England Orthotic and Prosthetic Systems now chapter 11 bankrupt busted. Hartford based (but soon to be NYC based) Aetna is reportedly making a deal with Apple to provide Aetna customers with Apple watches.
Florida: 34 years old non-profit nursing home operator Senior Care Group now chapter 11 bankrupt busted. God powerless to stop ‘his’ Holy Cross Hospital from laying off 28 people as part of ObamaCare consolidation operations. GraceWood Rehabilitation and Nursing Care chapter 11 bankrupt busted due to $3.2-million USD of debts. Resources for Human Development eliminating 87 jobs by Xmas.
Idaho: In Nampa, state investigators accusing Southwest Idaho Treatment Center of abusing seven adult residents. Six employees involved, two directly abusing the patients, the other four knew about it but did nothing to stop it or report it. They are now unemployed. The state Department of Insurance made it official and publicly released the now annual proposed ObamaCare-ACA insurance rate increases for 2018. All ‘plans’ will go up, but the ‘Silver Plan’ will be jacked by a whopping average of 50% (one insurance provider, PacificSource Health, is skyrocketing their Silver rates by 81%)! Employers are pissed: “There’s one thing if it was increases and the coverage was better. The problem is……the coverage is getting less, so now I’m paying a lot for a little, and that’s a hard one to swallow.”-Shawn Lund, CFO Steel West
Illinois: Centegra Hospital-Woodstock permanently halting surgical and intensive care services after losing $30-million USD, 458 jobs are threatened! Arizona based drugs maker Therapeutics agreed to pay the state of Illinois $4.4-million USD because it wrongly advertised its fentanyl-based cancer treatment painkiller (known as Subsys) for non-cancer uses. Ireland based medical device maker Medtronic shutting down its Joliet distribution ops, 185 jobs gone by Xmas! Edward-Elmhurst Health eliminating an undisclosed number of jobs in an effort to reduce costs by $50-million USD.
Indiana: After 32 years Rathbone Retirement Community shutdown due to lack of paying customers.
Kentucky: Louisville based Humana eliminating 180 ‘At Home’ jobs by Thanksgiving! It’s the second round of homecare jobs cuts, the first round killed 5-hundred jobs! Despite blaming the job cuts on a $400-million USD first quarter loss Humana is also advertising that it is looking to hire 2-thousand people across the country. (interesting that many companies are blaming job cuts on revenue losses, but then claiming to have enough money to be hiring even more people than are being fired)
Maryland: ‘Personalized’ healthcare provider NantHealth eliminating 3-hundred jobs blaming crashing revenues (but is it really because it sold-off its provider and patient messaging software ops to a competitor)!
Massachusetts: Ocular Therapeutix suddenly laid off 26 people when the FDA (Food & Drug Administration) rejected its latest eye care drug. It’s been revealed that Bostonians were forced to pay $16-million USD in an effort to get insurance giant Aetna to move its HQ to Boston. It was called Project X and it failed.
Michigan:Kindred Healthcare shutting down its hospital in Detroit, 145 jobs gone by the end of September because ObamaCare-ACA penalizes people for using long-term hospital care!
Minnesota: Lutz Wing Nursing Home shutting down, basically blaming it on too much competition.
New Mexico: Gila Regional Medical Center suddenly laid off five administrators. The husband of one of those fired says it’s the result of his demands for an investigation into the hospital’s cancer treatment ops.
Nebraska: Christian founded American Red Cross shutting down its Omaha Call Center, 138 jobs lost due to consolidation operations!
Nevada: Insurance company Anthem pulling out of The Silver State, blaming ObamaCare-ACA for not being able to make a profit. Anthem also pulled out of Wisconsin, Indiana and Ohio.
New Jersey: Drugs maker Bristol-Myers Squibb issued a layoff WARN, 58 people jobless by October due to loss of patent on HIV drug. Drugs maker Bristol-Myers Squibb eliminating 58 jobs in Lawrence Township.
New York: God powerless to stop ‘his’ Saint Joseph’s Hospital Health Center from bribing (buyouts) 3-hundred employees to voluntarily quit in order to allow “…St. Joseph’s Health to adjust its operations to fit the future model of health care…”! It’s been revealed that New Yorkers were forced to spend $24-million USD bribing insurance giant Aetna to move its HQ to The Big Apple. TLC Health Network shutting down its long-term care and medical/surgical units and eliminating 38 jobs by the holiday of Thanksgiving, due to being forced by ObamaCare to focus on outpatient care only. Heritage Health and Housing issued a layoff WARN, 101 jobs gone by Halloween due to the loss of state taxpayer funding!
Ohio: Kindred Healthcare shutting down its hospital in Marshfield, 111 jobs gone by the end of September because ObamaCare-ACA penalizes people for using long-term hospital care! In 2018 Paulding County will be without any ObamaCare-ACA insurance providers, according to Kaiser Family Foundation.
Oregon: God powerless to stop ‘his’ non-profit Saint Charles Health System from eliminating an undisclosed number of jobs due to a need to cut costs by $6-million USD. Administrators told local news media that ObamaCare-ACA reimbursements don’t cover the skyrocketing costs of running hospitals.
South Carolina: Palmetto Health and Greenville Health System are planing to merge to save costs, meaning jobs will be lost.
Texas: Texas Health Resources reported a 23% crash in income during the first half of 2017, a bigger drop than what it saw during the same time in 2016.
Virginia: Insurance company Anthem is getting out of the ObamaCare-ACA business in 2018. This time, instead of blaming it on lack of profits, the insurer is blaming it on uncertainty as to how the U.S. Congress is going to fund/repeal ObamaCare-ACA. Riverside Shore Rehabilitation Center shutting down, 128 jobs affected in October because the center “has outlived its useful life”!
Washington: PeaceHealth outsourcing 30 medical coder positions to a Texas based contractor. Renton based Providence Health & Services eliminating 210 jobs, blaming it on a costs of operation loss of $255-million USD in 2016 caused by ObamaCare-ACA insurance reimbursements: “There has been a fundamental shift in our industry in that we are providing more care to more patients, but are receiving the same amount of revenue and often less to cover the costs.”-official statement
“An army marches on its stomach.”-Napoleon Bonaparte
And a modern army rolls with fuel.
Texas Army National Guard personnel fuels-up a HMMWV at Logistical Staging Area Brenham. Utah Army National Guard photo by Sergeant Scott Wolfe, 09SEP2017.
“In the beginning, this place was pretty hectic. Units were all excited about getting in and getting to work.”-Major Luke Reynard
The Texas National Guard set up a ‘truck stop’ for its units taking part in Harvey rescue/recovery operations.
Utah Army National Guard photo by Sergeant Scott Wolfe, 09SEP2017.
Texas Army National Guard’s Logistical Staging Area Brenham is an hour west of Houston and provides food, cots, toilets and fuel.
“We’ve done a good job here. It’s been a good mission. Now we just need to get our people home safe so we can rest and reset for the next natural disaster.”-First Sergeant George Salazar
Soldiers from E Company, Forward Support Company, 1-158, 11th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, conducted fueling ops for helicopters near Conroe, Texas. U.S. Army Reserve photo by Staff Sergeant Felix R. Fimbres, 30AUG2017.
U.S. Air Force Airmen refuel the tanks on Jack Brooks Regional Airport. The fuel was flown in on a HC-130P Combat King-2. USAF photo by Staff Sgt. Ian Hoachlander, 31AUG2017.
Aviation Training Center Mobile, Alabama, 10 SEP 2017
Video, U.S. Coast Guard helicopters staged at Aviation Training Center Mobile, Alabama, 10 SEP 2017:
Video, U.S. Army Chinooks and Blackhawks staged at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center in Mississippi, 09 SEP 2017:
Other aircraft were sent to Mississippi Air National Guard’s Key Field and the Combat Readiness Training Center – Battlefield Airman Center in Gulfport.
USMC V-22 Ospreys staging at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Belle Chasse, Louisiana, 10 SEP 2017
Video, USCG aircraft from Air Station Clearwater, Florida, sent to Air Station New Orleans, Louisiana, 09 SEP 2017: