McKenna (AG-elect)Says He'll Re-Examine Boeing Deal

Seattle Weekly ^ | 11-24-04 | Rick Anderson

[truth49]

See Also:

The Boeing contract and the state's Constitution
http://www.effwa.org/highlighters/v14_n2.php

[Publius]

I would be a lot happier if McKenna's highest priority was to clean out 20 years of Democratic corruption in the political and judicial systems, and clean out the criminals in the King County elections office.

[Gustafm1000]

Rob is going to be the best AG this state has ever seen... Give him 6 years as AG and he'll clean this state up... There is no more honest or qualified guy in Washington State politics...

Then in 2010 he'll take a Senate seat...

[bigfootbob]

Don't worry, it is very high on his punch list. I've had several conversations with him about that during the campaign. He's going to do a great job.

[vox_freedom]

He's going to do a great job.
I agree!

[JosefK]

You should also check out http://josef-a-k.blogspot.com/2004/11/guess-who-said-this.html for a slightly different perspective on the situation. Also, FYI: Washington Federation of Teachers (www.wftaft.org) is also against the 7E7 deal... NOT to be confused with the WEA!

[JosefK]

Sorry, it's www.wftaft.COM

Truly sorry.

[VeniVidiVici]

"We can't continue to cut taxes to get a company to stay here."

Umm, why not?

[Modok]

Do you work for Alcoa or Airbus

[JosefK]

Because you have to make investments in public infrastructure. AG-elect McKenna has supported limiting taxes, however.

[truth49]

No (though interesting question since more Airbus employees will actually be working in the US than those "Boeing" employees actually manufacturing the 7E7 (most of the manufacturing will occur out of country). I don't support corporate welfare in any form. Tax rates should be uniformly LOW for all employers. Government should not pick the economy's winners and losers. It should get out of the way of the free market.

[COEXERJ145]

Seems like "Beat Up On Boeing" is the popular thing to do right now. Guess these politicians would be happy to see the company go bankrupt and take the U.S. economy right along with it.

[Modok]

The only problem is that Airbus is being heavily subsidized by the Europeans. Would you like to have the aerospace industries controled by the Europeans?

[Modok]

There is a very big agenda behind the beat up on Boeing. That agenda is being driven by the EU. Wonder why?

[COEXERJ145]

That agenda is being driven by the EU. Wonder why?

Its obvious as to why. The EU wants Airbus to be the sole manufacturer of large commercial jetliners. They've publicly stated this on multiple occasions. Not only would this allow them to earn billions of dollars since they'd be a monopoly but the demise of Boeing would destroy the U.S. economy and leave the EU as an economic superpower.

[truth49]

So is the answer to try to "out subsidize" the EU or to withdrawal from the WTO and pass legislation to penalize European trade practices? Maybe requiring repayment of the Marshall plan would be a good start.

[truth49]

Sorry, last post was to Modok.

[Modok]

You think Airbus would work through public interest advocacy groups in Washington to push for investigations of Boeing and try to do as much damage to Boeing as possible? Would that be hard for Airbus to do that kind of public relations activity?

[Modok]

What do you think of the actions that the Bush administration has taken on this case?