Lawmakers Grandstand Over Boeing Snub
Why is it that whenever the government does anything there is a line of people looking to grandstand whatever they have done? Lots of times the complaints are valid, but many other times they are just ridiculously political. Boeing didn’t get a contract for tanker aircraft for in flight refueling. Instead the contract went to Airbus. Which of course has brought out the typical protectionist rhetoric:
US lawmakers have reacted angrily after the US military awarded a 35-billion-dollar aircraft deal to Europe’s Northrop Grumman/EADS group, in a major blow to US manufacturers Boeing.”It’s stunning to me that we would outsource the production of these airplanes to Europe instead of building them in America,” said Republican Senator Sam Brownback about the Pentagon’s decision.
“I’ll be calling upon the Secretary of Defense for a full debriefing and expect there will be a protest of the award by Boeing.”
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“Once we have reviewed the details behind the award, we will make a decision concerning our possible options,” said Boeing spokesman William Barksdale, hinting at a possible protest.
While European political and industry leaders have hailed the decision, many Republicans have been left seething.
“We should have an American tanker built by an American company with American workers,” said Republican Representative Todd Tiahrt.
Yeah, after all we have to pay those pensions and bloated union salaries! Heck, if Boeing builds planes like, oh American auto manufactures do, you can count on technical problems within a few hours of service and an inflated price to pay all sorts of perks.
Ok, maybe there was something nefarious here. Maybe Boeing was wrongly snubbed. But like Boeing said, they haven’t even reviewed the reasons why they lost yet so they don’t even know if the award was valid or not.
But these retards in Washington don’t wait to find out. They rush to the microphones and cry foul just like their liberal counterparts do. Photo-ops don’t come around every day ya know!
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