9 March 2008
Is this how McCain plans to help our Economy?
Posted by Roy Bischoff under: Presidential Election 2008; What's News; World Economy .
Angry Boeing supporters target McCain By MATTHEW DALY, Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON - Angry Boeing supporters are vowing revenge against Republican presidential candidate John McCain over Chicago-based Boeing’s loss of a $35 billion Air Force tanker contract to the parent company of European plane maker Airbus.
…Boeing supporters in Congress are directing their wrath at McCain, the Arizona senator and nominee in waiting, for scuttling an earlier deal that would have let Boeing build the next generation of Air Force refueling tankers. Boeing now will miss out on a deal that it says would have supported 44,000 new and existing jobs at the company and suppliers in 40 states.
“I hope the voters of this state remember what John McCain has done to them and their jobs,” said Rep. Norm Dicks, D-Wash., whose state would have been home to the tanker program and gained about 9,000 jobs.
“Having made sure that Iraq gets new schools, roads, bridges and dams that we deny America, now we are making sure that France gets the jobs that Americans used to have,” said Rep. Rahm Emanuel, D-Ill. “We are sending the jobs overseas, all because John McCain demanded it.”
The European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. and its U.S. partner, Los Angeles-based Northrop Grumman, won a competition with Boeing Feb. 29 to build the refueling planes in one of the biggest Pentagon contracts in decades. The unexpected decision has sparked outrage from union halls to the halls of Congress over the impact on U.S. jobs, prestige and national security. EADS and Northrop say about 60 percent of their tanker will be built in the U.S.
7 Comments so far...
Cavetrollhead Says:
9 March 2008 at 12:57 am.
Looks like the Boeing executives were to blame for breaking the law to try to win the contract. But this will hurt McCain politically. I don’t mind that.
E.E. Says:
9 March 2008 at 10:23 am.
He’s a multi-nationalist who doesn’t really understand or care about the American worker.
Joy Bischoff Says:
9 March 2008 at 10:27 am.
Cave, I think you are right about the Boeing Execs but this should shine light on the fact that we should not be outsources military projects to foreign companies.
E.E., You are right, multinationalism is killing our economy. McCain is a multinational who doesn’t seem to care what happens to the American worker. Look at what he said the the people in Michigan, “your jobs aren’t coming back”. As Mitt pointed out, there are things our government could be doing to change that. Not only are we not doing those things, we have taxes and penalties and regulations in place that hurt our domestic industries and encourage companies to go offshore.
Nalvy Says:
9 March 2008 at 10:27 am.
So basically McCain jipped the American people out of jobs? Wow I just cant wait til he becomes president!!! Imagine what will happen then! Yay for even more losses!
Nalvy Says:
9 March 2008 at 10:29 am.
Lets ride him outta town on a rail next time we see him!
Jesse Says:
9 March 2008 at 2:06 pm.
He is a huge supporter of NAFTA that only 16% of Americans support. He supports open borders and when the elections are over he will stop pretending to be converted to securing the border. He is an internationalist who does not care about American jobs. With the economic crisis we are in and that is probably not going to get better any time soon, how is this man going to address American jobs?
Angela Rogin Says:
9 March 2008 at 8:56 pm.
I think a limited free trade is all right but I totally agree that anything dealing with the military should not be outsourced. And we never should have brought the Russians into our labs and shared all our secrets with them. They must have been laughing behind their hands at us.
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