60% is still being built in America and will probably employee as many people as Boeing would have. This is nothing but the Air Force getting more bang for their buck. Boeing seems to think they can continue to add 40% bribe money to their bids and not get called on it but this time it didn’t work. This also has to do with the Boeing “virtual fence” that they scammed the government on.
That will not matter. The press isn't going to show those people going to work. They will be showing closed stores and Boeing workers in unemployment lines.
This could hurt McCain badly.
“60% is still being built in America”
Hmm, so if Boeing moves 40% of their plant and workforce to Mexico next month...we can all be gleeful that 60% is still builit in America?
“60% is still being built in America and will probably employee as many people as Boeing would have.”
That’s a blatant falsehood. Not even Northrop Grumman claims that. The only American made components of this plane will be the GE engines. The NG factory in Alabama will be nothing but a final assembly point. All of the other parts will be fabricated in Europe and shipped here. As for building parts here, we have nothing but a nebulous promise from NG and Airbus that they “might” shift some of the production here at some point in the process. Nothing has been committed to.