Airbus vs Boeing
POSTED BY: CatPirate
UPDATED: Monday, November 28, 2011 06:26
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Also the French have old socialistic unions who are putting Americans out of work.
How? How are "socialistic unions" in another country putting Americans out of work?
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Also the French have old socialistic unions who are putting Americans out of work.
How? How are "socialistic unions" in another country putting Americans out of work?
"Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservatives." - John Stuart Mill
Hello,
Perhaps they are producing more efficiently?
--Anthony
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Also the French have old socialistic unions who are putting Americans out of work.
How? How are "socialistic unions" in another country putting Americans out of work?
"Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservatives." - John Stuart Mill
Hello,
Perhaps they are producing more efficiently?
--Anthony
_______________________________________________
"In every war, the state enacts a tax of freedom upon the citizenry. The unspoken promise is that the tax shall be revoked at war's end. Endless war holds no such promise. Hence, Eternal War is Eternal Slavery." --Admiral Robert J. Henner
Nope, that can't be it, Anthony. We've been told time and again that America is the best, greatest, most efficient system that ever was or ever could be. So it must be impossible that any "socialistic unions" in another country could be outperforming us, ever, in any way.
Any patriotic American can only come to the conclusion that these stories about Airbus getting contracts must be made up. Or we'll have to start calling french fries "Freedom Fries" again...
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Hello,
Of all the foolish things we've ever done as a nation...
Renaming 'French Fries' into something LESS offensive to the French has got to rank among the top ten.
--Anthony
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"In every war, the state enacts a tax of freedom upon the citizenry. The unspoken promise is that the tax shall be revoked at war's end. Endless war holds no such promise. Hence, Eternal War is Eternal Slavery." --Admiral Robert J. Henner
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Originally posted by AnthonyT:
Perhaps they are producing more efficiently?
--Anthony
Nope.
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WTO final ruling: Airbus subsidies illegal, hurt Boeing
By Les Blumenthal | McClatchy Newspapers
WASHINGTON — European governments illegally subsidized Airbus, allowing it to overtake Boeing and become the world's largest commercial airplane company, the World Trade Organization found in a final ruling Tuesday that could have trans-Atlantic repercussions, lawmakers who were briefed on the decision said.
The ruling, which upheld interim findings released last September, will remain confidential for several months, but it was delivered to the Office of the U.S. Trade
Representative and its European counterpart.
"Today's final ruling puts any doubts to rest — launch aid is an illegal subsidy that has cost America jobs, hurt our ability to compete and damaged our overall economy," Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., said in a statement after being briefed.
Also briefed was Rep. Norm Dicks, D-Wash., who said later that the WTO had concluded that Airbus "could not have achieved the growth of market share — harming U.S. workers — without its pattern of illegal assistance.
Read more: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/03/23/90940/wto-final-ruling-airbus-su
bsidies.html#ixzz1eAMGtvqJ
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Hello,
I am surprised to learn that we are able to declare foreign subsidies illegal. I have clearly not been keeping up with the power of the World Trade Organization and the oft-mentioned New World Order.
I wonder what these trade policemen are doing to combat child labor and substandard wages abroad, and to ensure safe labor practices everywhere? We would surely be much more competitive in the world market if such practices were eliminated, not to mention that many American jobs would be saved and even created. Surely the onerous existence of low wage ‘slaves’ is more detrimental to American employment interests than government subsidies.
--Anthony
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Interesting - the NLRB says that Boeing is illegally violating the NLRA, and it's no big deal. In fact, anyone who believes them and repeats the allegation is a "useful idiot". But if another company gains an advantage through "illegal" means, it's unfair.
Doesn't the U.S. government subsidize Boeing to a large degree? I seem to remember something about the government ordering a whole bunch of new weapons from Boeing, who made a profit on the deal.
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Hello,
I think some subsidies are allowed and others aren’t.
Also- merely buying something from them may not count as a subsidy.
A subsidy is probably more like what we do with solar panels and electric cars.
--Anthony
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Hello,
I think some subsidies are allowed and others aren’t.
Also- merely buying something from them may not count as a subsidy.
A subsidy is probably more like what we do with solar panels and electric cars.
--Anthony
And paying people not to grow things. Maybe our government is paying Boeing not to be efficient. After all, when it comes to military weapons systems, we've seen a distinct lack of efficacy and performance for quite some time.
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