It is a great deal for the Kansas City economy. Not just the workers at the plant. The ripple effect is tremendous. Just north of the plant is a company that makes a lot of seats and interior pieces of the F-150. There are lots of businesses supplying the plants. Even my paycheck will be padded, as the economy has increased my quarterly bonus has almost tripled in the last year. And all I do is sell groceries. I work about 3 miles from the plant and see the workers in the store all the time, before and after shifts.
This all got started a year ago when the first TIF's, and all the steps the state and local governments put in place to make this happen. Ford also invested over a billion dollars to redo the old Escape factory to make the Transit Courier here.
Although I will probably never drive a Ford, I am happy for the community and the fact more local people are working not just 40 hours a week but also lots of overtime.