Attracting business investment great or small is a strenuous undertaking in a rural area like ours.

So this week’s news that the Japanese mega-firm Tokuyama will build its silicon plant in Malaysia isn’t surprising. It’s easy to speculate why the company picked that region, passing up Coos Bay and one or two other areas worldwide. The labor costs will be low. Land is cheap. Malaysia offered lavish incentives. It’s close to the growing markets of India and China.

The president has been chosen and he has declared to withdraw U.S. troops, and more or less tell Iraqi government to be responsible for their own safety. A large number of combat soldiers will be sent to the Pakistan area. The rest of the troops will be brought back home, remembering many of those troops have served two and three-term tours of military duty, and look forward to civilian life.

Since there’s more than 11 million illegal border jumpers, whom now take the jobs these returning soldiers need to come home to, but their jobs are being taken by these illegals. How is this situation being met and handled? How will the new president and this government handle this dangerous situation? If I was an illegal, I’d get back across the border. This is something that can’t be swept under the rug.