That doesn't include their innumerable contractors and suppliers, spread out across the country. In many cases these are the major employers in that region and their collapse would trigger the collapse of that whole local economy. The economic harm of the big MIC companies going kaput would be immense.
> their collapse would trigger the collapse of that whole local economy
Yes, but why would they collapse? General Motors also had a web of suppliers when it went bankrupt. Preserving the value of a struggling company while it reörganises is why we invented modern bankruptcy.
