Folly Beach reporting in: Scrombird has it almost correct. The Honda plant in Florence is one of many global companies parked here because of the favorable tax and working environment. Curiously, when Nikki Haley was Governor she - in the name of "small government" - slashed the state's Department of Health and Environmental Control staff & budget and welcomed Boeing with free land, free infrastructure (to be constructed on sensitive wetlands) and zero taxes. Boeing shows up and guess what? There is no labor pool of skilled workers to build airplanes. So, the state builds a new Tech School focusing on Aerospace to feed the industry. Boeing's contribution? A Senior Vice President on hand to be present for the ribbon cutting.

Volvo and Mercedes are setting up SUV and van manufacturing, respectively. And, again the red carpet rolled out with land, infrastructure and tax bills present & future waived and *holy cow* lightning strikes twice and what is Sven and Hans' complaint? No skilled labor to work the assembly lines.

Where Scrombird sorta misses the mark is in the case of the shifting demographics the white trash kid with the pregnant teenage girlfriend who lacks the basic skills to even fill out the job application to be on the New Plantation is looked down upon by the black guy who just moved from Michigan or Ohio to take these new jobs. So, there is a type of Justice being served.