Its Economics 101.  Put large factory in town, all those employees need a place to eat, shop, live, etc.  Big economic impact on that town. Ok, Toyota, Honda, Hyundai, you name it, they all have large assembly factories in American towns, those employees have to do all of the above. Economics 201, executives of Ford, [...]

A new series I will be working on here is called “Power Up”.  No it has nothing to do with Super Mario and his love of shrooms.  Power Up is a series in which I analyze the kilowatt hour usage of everyday appliances. My first in this series is the little plug in air freshener (I [...]