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Boeing’s fortunes are tied to Washington’s

Clipped to the Drawing Board by Ryan

Many folks remember this Seattle billboard request from 1972: “Would the last person who leaves Seattle please turn out the lights?” The reference was to the massive job losses at Boeing when the supersonic transport project collapsed, and the company, then headquartered in Seattle, was on the ropes.

Much has changed since the days when people said, “As goes Boeing, so goes Washington.” The company is now headquartered in Chicago, and our state’s job base has diversified with Microsoft, Costco and Starbucks joining Boeing as major economic drivers.

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