Posted on 01/26/2011 8:19:07 PM PST by sukhoi-30mki
Senators call on Obama, Congress to level playing field in tanker battle
Michelle Dunlop, Herald Writer
U.S. Sens. Maria Cantwell and Patty Murray are pushing for level playing field in the Air Force tanker contest.
The Senators from Washington, where the Boeing Co. would build its 767-based tankers, sent a letter to President Barack Obama, to make sure he heeds his own call to support American businesses and workers. Obama emphasized that point during his State of the Union address on Tuesday.
“For too long American aerospace workers and the critical economic sector they represent have been disadvantaged by trade-distorting and illegal subsidies provided to their foreign competitors,” the Senators' wrote.
Cantwell also joined Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kans., in sponsoring a bill to force the Pentagon to take into account illegal subsidies in the U.S. Air Force contest, which pits Boeing against EADS, the parent company of Airbus.
Airbus and Boeing have complaints pending with the World Trade Organization, alleging that the other received unfair subsidies from their respective governments. The WTO could hand down its final report on the matter Monday.
The Air Force is expected to name a winner in the $35 tanker contest early this year.
Here's Cantwell and Murray's letter to Obama:
January 26, 2011
President Barack Obama The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20500
Dear Mr. President:
In your State of the Union address you spoke of the importance of keeping America competitive in an era of globalization. We strongly agree. No one is more productive than the American worker, and we have confidence that the American worker will succeed in the global marketplace if the playing field is level. But for too long American aerospace workers and
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Ping!!
Well...if the twin idiots would call for lower taxes and regulations we wouldn’t have to go begging...
Obama competition: Pay to Play.
Wow... Those two fagged-out, scumbag senators from Washington must really, REALLY want that $35.
Heck, that's $17.50 each!
Maybe somewhere in the south, like Alabama...
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