Dunkirk Delusions

The big announcement has happened and Bourgeois Socialism is coming to Dunkirk and Buffalo.

NYS is spending (or going to spend over) $200 million to build a plant that will manufacture cancer treatment medications. We (the taxpayers) are spending the money and a privately owned corporation is going to lease (for a song) the property and manufacture the drugs.

The state will also spend $25 million to help build a corporate HQ in Buffalo.

Total jobs expected by this “public-private” partnership? In the realm of 1400 total. 900 in Dunkirk. 500 in Buffalo.

Ands these will be good paying jobs as well.

As long as you have a MS or PhD in Biology, Chemistry or a related bio-medical field. Or possibly management.

Everyone else can take a hike.

That was the big announcement on Thursday.

Big deal.

So the workers at Con-Agra and other plants that lost their jobs probably won't find work at the plant.

Construction workers will for 2 years.

Unemployed blue collar workers? Not.

And how many unemployed MS & PhD scientists do we have in WNY?

Let's face the facts – most of the employees in the high paying research jobs are coming from out of state and potentially country.

Net local unemployment drop?

Pretty close to 0. That's a zero.

Oh.

What exactly are we celebrating?