Psalm 32:7
King James Version
7 Thou art my hiding place;
thou shalt preserve me from trouble;
thou shalt compass me about
with songs of deliverance. Selah.
She may be tiny, but she's quite a "powerhouse".
That's Delaware for you.
Owing to business, and a rich history.
The HOLY SPIRIT put her on my "map" this morning.
For reasons that will be clear as we sift along.
It started with a Fox News report today:
"Pharmaceutical giant details plan to create thousands of US jobs"
Merck will build a plant in Wilmington, Delaware.
CEO Robert Davis spoke of manufacturing "next-generation tissue targeting therapies", combined with Keytruda, focusing on cancer immunotherapy, immunology, cardio-metabolic meds, and multiple vaccines.
They expect to have 20 plus new products in three to five years.
That means 500 high paying jobs, apart from needing between 4,000 to 30,000 construction workers to build the plant.
Why Delaware?
Haven't businesses from California moved to Texas?
This deserves some looking into.
I got intrigued immediately, and searched my memory bank.
When I think of Delaware, a few things come to mind --
What I knew THEN:
1. "Millionaire's Game".
The kid's board game my father taught me many decades ago.
That's how I got to know about Delaware.
I believe I "bought" a property there.
2. Ease of incorporation.
"More than half of all U.S. publicly traded companies, and 63% of the Fortune 500, are incorporated in Delaware.[131] The state's attractiveness as a corporate haven is largely because of its business-friendly corporation law."
-- Wikipedia
What I've come to know DURING the 2024 elections:
3. Joe Biden is from Delaware.
"Born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Biden graduated from the University of Delaware in 1965 and the Syracuse University College of Law in 1968."
"He was admitted to the Delaware bar in 1969."
"Biden clerked at a Wilmington law firm headed by prominent local Republican William Prickett in 1968 and self-identified as a Republican.[28][29] He disliked incumbent Democratic Delaware governor Charles L. Terry's conservative racial politics and supported a more liberal Republican, Russell W. Peterson, who defeated Terry in 1968.[28] Local Republicans attempted to recruit Biden, but he registered as an independent because of his distaste for Republican presidential candidate Richard Nixon."
"In 1969, Biden practiced law, first as a public defender and then at a law firm headed by a locally active Democrat,[30][28] who named him to the Democratic Forum, a group trying to reform and revitalize the state party;[31] Biden subsequently reregistered as a Democrat."
"Biden defeated Republican incumbent J. Caleb Boggs to become the junior U.S. senator from Delaware in 1972."
"A few weeks after Biden was elected senator, his wife Neilia and one-year-old daughter Naomi were killed in an automobile accident in Hockessin, Delaware, on December 18, 1972."
What I've come to know NOW:
4. Delaware was the first state admitted to the Union -- 7 December 1787.
(All info sourced hereon from "Delaware", Wikipedia):
5. Importance of Wilmington.
"Wilmington has become a national financial center for the credit card industry, largely due to regulations enacted by former Governor Pierre S. du Pont IV in 1981."
"Because Delaware is the official state of incorporation for so many American companies, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, located in Wilmington, is one of the busiest of the 94 federal bankruptcy courts located around the United States."
6. Location.
"Delaware (/ˈdɛləwɛər/ ⓘ DEL-ə-wair)[10] is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic[11] regions of the United States.[12] It borders Maryland to its south and west, Pennsylvania to its north, New Jersey to its northeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to its east."
7. Size.
"Delaware is 96 miles (154 km) long and ranges from 9 to 35 miles (14 to 56 km) across, with a land area of 1,982 square miles (5,130 km2)[55] and a total area of 2,489 square miles (6,450 km2),[56] making it the second-smallest state by either metric in the United States after Rhode Island."
8. DuPont is also in Wilmington.
"Beginning in the late 19th century, the Wilmington area grew into a manufacturing center...The most notable manufacturer in the state was the chemical company DuPont, which to this day is heavily credited with making the state what it is today in many ways."
"Delaware benefited greatly from World War I because of the state's large gunpowder industry. DuPont, the most dominant business in the state by WWI, produced an estimated 40% of all gunpowder used by the Allies during the war. It produced nylon in the state after the war and began investments into General Motors.[41] Additionally, the company invested heavily in the expansion of public schools in the state and colleges such as the University of Delaware in the 1910s and 1920s."
9. Religion.
"The Association of Religion Data Archives reported in 2010 that the three largest Christian denominational groups in Delaware by number of adherents are the Catholic Church at 182,532 adherents, the United Methodist Church with 53,656 members reported, and non-denominational evangelical Protestants, who numbered 22,973."
Gender orientation can be found here.
10. Income.
"According to a 2020 study by Kiplinger, Delaware had the 17th most millionaires per capita in the United States; altogether, there were 25,937 such individuals. The median income for Delaware households as of 2020 was $64,805."
11. Politics.
"Democrats hold all positions of authority in Delaware, as well as majorities in the state Senate and House. The Democrats have held the governorship since 1993, having won the last seven gubernatorial elections."
"In a 2020 study, Delaware was ranked as the 18th hardest state for citizens to vote in."
12. Amish community.
"Delaware is home to an Amish community which resides west of Dover in Kent County, consisting of nine church districts and about 1,650 people. The Amish first settled in Kent County in 1915. In recent years, increasing development has led to the decline in the number of Amish living in the community."
After gathering all these data, a few things "played" in my mind --
Merck CEO, Robert Davis, had good relations with president Trump in 2018.
Now, he builds a plant in Wilmington, under Trump's second presidency.
How will this sit with Delaware native, Joe Biden, and the Delaware Democrat stronghold?
Merck will also build a plant in Wilmington, where DuPont is.
America's really back in manufacturing.
Delaware is primarily "Christian" -- more Catholic, and Methodist, than evangelical Protestants.
And yet they allow same gender marriage, and LGBTQ.
Not surprising, for it's mainly Dems in Delaware.
Fortunately, there's an Amish community, too.
Delaware is "Chemical Capital of the World".
At least, according to my kid's book, "Time for Learning: STATES".
President Trump does have a mandate.
To bring jobs and industries back to America.
To make America strong, and prosperous again.
Companies, here and abroad, seem to share his vision.
They've begun reinvesting, and working with his tariffs.
We pray Dems will abandon their defiance.
And start working with the president.
After all, it's for GOD, and America.
That's what Trump cares about.
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