Obama visited the ailing Indiana city four times in 16 months at the peak of the economic crisis,and pledged part of a $787bn stimulus package to help – but recovery was leisurely until US demand for RVs revived the city’s broken-down stalwartThe powerful Recession came as a wave of blows to Tom Bumpas.
In 2008, he lost his job of 20 years in the recreational vehicle manufacturing capital of the world – Elkhart County, or Indiana. Demand plummeted for what are popularly known as RVs,the wheeled apartments in which Americans tour their country, and unemployment in Elkhart surged to nearly 20%.
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Source: theguardian.com