Dell’s NC Plant Closure Sparks Debate

When Dell decided to close down its Forsyth County, North Carolina plant five years after opening its doors, one that the state of North Carolina secured by offering Dell $318 million in various incentives, the debate concerning whether or not the state should have offered so much money has been reborn. While North Carolina’s then-governor Mike Easley argued that the plant would create 8,000 jobs, the plant’s closure has quickly ended those jobs.
The politicians that lobbied for the incentives package argue that Dell could have succeeded with the plant and that their opening the plant in the first place was …read more