Advanced Reading Comprehension — quick quiz

Read the passage and answer the question: "When the factory closed, the newspapers called it 'inevitable economic restructuring.' For the 400 workers who had spent decades on that floor, it was something else entirely. Their children's college funds evaporated. Mortgages went unpaid. Some families left town; others stayed, clinging to memories of better days. Politicians promised retraining programs that never quite materialized. Five years later, the building still stands empty, its broken windows staring blankly at the town that once depended on it." Which statement best captures the author's implied criticism?