Nothing about then governor Clinton's treatment of the company is out of the ordinary with state support for major economic drivers. The state of Washington has always been hugely supportive of Boeing; Michigan has backed and kept the auto industry close at all state levels. It's what smart governance does: nurture economic drivers.

She played commodities at the same time that Tyson was growing in conjunction with the rise of the Walmart empire and their close (physically and fiscally) ties to one another. Everybody in that part of the world that saw what Walmart was becoming benefited in some way or another.

Big old shrug.