Originally Posted by
KenV
.....What's happening in the UK sounds very familiar. California used to have lots of heavy manufacturing jobs, including a huge aerospace sector, a robust automotive sector, and yes, shipyards. They are now ALL gone.....
I grew up in Huntington Beach, California during the 70's, and my next-door neighbor was a welder at
the Long Beach Naval Shipyard. He took me on a couple tours through the facility when I was a kid, and I remember it well. I also recall President Clinton ordering the LB Naval Shipyard closed in 1993, resulting in the loss of almost 18,000 jobs. And then how in 1996 President Clinton helped negotiate a sweetheart deal for the Chinese government-owned company COSCO to lease the property.