Well by now I’m sure we should all be aware that that rabid anti-gun nut and flaming socialist, Marty O’Malley, has dreams of becoming president. And it was recently that Marty got some news that I’m not sure whether he saw as being good news or bad. You see, firearms stalwart Beretta U.S.A. announced that it is moving all its manufacturing from the People’s Republic of Maryland to a brand new $45 million production plant in Gallatin, Tennessee. And the reason behind the move? That would be the any number of newly created restrictions which left the gunmaker no alternative but to pack it all up and move.
In a statement released on Tuesday, the company said it had won a skirmish with Maryland lawmakers, but lost the war over the state's Firearm Safety Act of 2013. Beretta general manager Jeff Cooper said, "The version of the statute that passed the Maryland Senate would have prohibited Beretta U.S.A. from being able to manufacture, store or even import into the State products that we sell to customers throughout the United States and around the world." Now stop and think about that. What the politicians of this state did was to effectively drive this company, and its 300 jobs elsewhere. I had no idea that Maryland has a surplus of jobs.
Mr. Cooper went on to say, "While we were able in the Maryland House of Delegates to reverse some of those obstructive provisions, the possibility that such restrictions might be reinstated in the future leaves us very worried about the wisdom of maintaining a firearm manufacturing factory in the state." Cooper said the Gallatin, Tenn., facility is set to open in mid-2015, and will hire some 300 workers. And that would, of course, be Tennessee workers, not Maryland workers. Did Marty and the gang actually think that this company would never leave, under any circumstances? If so, that was pretty arrogant, and stupid!
Mr. Cooper also said, "While we had originally planned to use the Tennessee facility for new equipment and for production of new product lines only, we have decided that it is more prudent from the point of view of our future welfare to move the Maryland production lines in their entirety to the new Tennessee facility," Cooper said. The Tennessean reported Tuesday said the company's shocker means hiring will be accelerated in Gallatin. And I’m quite sure those folks are more than happy to take full advantage of the stupidity of those folks in Maryland who literally chased this company into their waiting arms.
James Fenton of the Gallatin Economic Development Agency told the newspaper the decision was "a huge endorsement for the city of Gallatin." He also told the paper, "They haven't even broken ground yet, but they've already decided to accelerate their timeline." He also went on to say, "They obviously feel confident that they will be able to find their workforce and this will be a very good place for them." Let’s face it, most anyplace would be better for their business than remaining in Maryland. I’d be curious to know what businesses there are that would see it as being advantageous to remain in such a place.
Production of the U.S. Armed Forces M9 9mm pistol will continue at the Maryland facility until current orders from the Armed Forces have been filled, the company said. Beretta will also keep office, administrative and executive support functions at the Accokeek, Md. facility. It also has a distribution facility in Virginia. Cooper said the company will work out with employees whose jobs are affected by the move if they want to move to Tennessee. If not, the company will discuss "a long-term strategy for remaining with the company while our production in Maryland continues." Personally, I’d be looking to move as soon as I could.
Beretta officials had tried to warn that such a move would hurt Maryland. I can only assume that Marty figured he could just simply call their bluff. Perhaps he assumed they could not afford to move or wouldn’t terminate their employees. But business is business and this is just another indicator of how socialists like Marty are so absolutely clueless when it comes to knowing how to run a business. I guess that’s why they all go to work in government, they really can’t do anything else. I mean, where else can you fuck up on a daily basis and still not lose your job? And it’s because of people like Marty that this country is in the shape that it is.
Jeffrey Reh, general counsel at Beretta, said in February, 2013 that the gunmaker employed 400 Maryland residents, and from 1997 to 2014, kicked in an estimated $31 million in state taxes and invested $73 million in the company's infrastructure. But I’m quite sure Marty will have no trouble in making up for that lost revenue, he’ll just tax everyone else that much more. After all, that’s how these scumbags operate. I have a feeling that Marty won’t be happy until he chases every business out of his little communist enclave. And the funny thing is that this guy actually thinks he’s presidential material. Is that not a very funny joke?
In his heart of hearts I have no doubt that Marty is probably glad to see this company, which I’m just as sure that he most likely views as being some sort of merchant of death, leave his state and take its 300 jobs with it. And besides, this will give Marty the opportunity to increase the size of his little welfare state by 300. Unless, of course, some of these workers move with the company to Tennessee. And who wouldn’t much rather live in Tennessee than in the People’s Republic of Maryland? That seems like kind of a no-brainer to me. But then I’m not a flaming socialist, I believe in working for a living.
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