Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon guest on AM560 with Chris Krok discussing CTU lawsuit agains Illinois Policy and more
August 19, 2026
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Summary and audio linked here.
-- Connecting the dots between our economy, government and business --
Much of the routine trade and investment between China and America is entirely appropriate and in America’s interest. But inserting the Chinese Communist Party into America’s pay-to-play system and its economic development strategy isn’t just crossing a line. It’s a leap into an abyss of stupidity.
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Well, you can dynamite industrial buildings too. If WP readers want to see the ghost of Christmas future just Google on Detroit’s Budd Wheel plant.
Rockford is closer to home with industrial areas almost indistinguishable from Detroit. There are an estimated 5,400 abandoned buildings in Rockford. Here’s a video of abandoned paint factory in Rockford built in 1929. The city is littered with buildings like this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGztmAQHT-Y
So sad. To think at one time we manufactured everything we consumed in this country. Good luck when we get in a shooting war with China.
Corporate middlemen shipped those jobs overseas to save a few pennies. Prices for the end-consumer remained the same as the corporation made record profits. The person shipping your job overseas involved everybody from the C-Suite down to the middle managers. C-Suite said “Cut costs!” and the middle managers took their overseas trips China to scout factories, or India, and in the process, destroyed the rust belt. Critics try to blame the consumer, saying “well, the consumer wants cheaper foreign goods over american goods”. But that’s a lie, the consumer never had a choice. They bought what was sold on the… Read more »