Posted: 1/18/2008 10:53:33 PM EDT
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The cost of doing business in Ct., may drive Colt out of the state, just like Winchester shut down it's plant there! Companies are leaving Ct. at an alarming rate. my 2 cents...... Freedom First |
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Hell, Colt may actually benefit as long as they are the .gov supplier of M4's and/or M16's Thanks to Lieberman and Dodd, they likely get tax incentives and other leniency as a government supplier. Just a guess, but don't be surprised, as states do some creative things to attract the 'right' businesses. Now, if you are alluding to the strong union presence, that is another thing. Those union guys build nice rifles, but our military cannot tolerate a work stoppage or even slowdown at a critical time to get someone's point across. Good topic though. |
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This has been talked about on the forum before. I think the feeling was that since the M4 goes out to bid in 2009/10, they'll have to then compete with a number of other companies. You'll note the UAW Union contract expires right around the same time. That same union contract contained a provision keeping the company from moving. Common sense would indicate that if they can't make the M4 pricing competitive in 2009/10 in the existing structure in CT, then at minimum the Defense division will have no choice but to move. That said, it costs a lot of money and time to move so Plan A would obviously be to make whatever refinements and investments that can be made in order to drive the cost down now. |