Questions About Tanker Contract?

By Tiffany Craig Investigative Reporter
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News 5 will take your questions to the top! Questions About Tanker Contract?
Published: Wed, March 05, 2008 - 3:57 pm
Tiffany Craig
Tiffany Craig
The battle over Air Force Tankers is raging in Congress and Mobile is trying to hold on to their $40 billion dollar prize. Northrop Grumman and EADS won the contract to build the tankers Friday afternoon. The planes will be built at Brookley Field creating 1,500 jobs. This Friday, top officials from both companies will be in Mobile. What would you ask the heads of Northrop Grumman and EADS? News 5 will ask your questions for you! Email them to (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), or just leave a comment at the bottom of this story. We will deliver your answers Friday night.

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From you link

Closer Economic Ties
The United States and the European Union share the largest bilateral trade and
investment relationship in the world. Annual two-way flows of goods, services, and foreign
investment transactions exceeded $1.1 trillion in 2002. Viewed in terms of goods and
services, the United States and EU are each other’s largest trading partners. Each purchases
about one-fifth of the other’s exports of goods in high-technology and sophisticated product
areas where incomes and tastes are the primary determinants of market success.

With that being said from your source.  If we do so much business with them already what is a little more.

Did you even read what was on the link you posted?

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Asda, read this it’s out of the UK of all places. http://www.guardian.co.uk/feedarticle?id=7361340
The only wing that is made in Japan is the 787 wing and if you have been keeping up. Boeing announces that it is rethinking its outsourcing on the 787.

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Boeing itself—along with other U.S. defense contractors—relies on contracts from foreign governments all the time.


Also what do you have to say about this statement-
had Boeing won the competition, its tanker would have used a fuselage made in Japan and a tail made in Italy, noted Scott Hamilton, an aviation industry consultant based outside of Seattle.  What about the loss of american jobs that would go to Japan and Italy if Boeing would have won?

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And then try this one that backs up everything that I have said.  Where are your sources?

You questioned mine…...Now I am doing the same…..


http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8V877Q01.htm

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Kjjmbf does your computer have spell check.

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Asda, continuing from last post.  Its official and is not made up. In by the way I do not know where you get your facts from but please bring a source. Boeing has delivered close to 6000 737s, they deliver up to 10 777s a month and if you want to know more educate your self and look it up with an open mind, you know I found proof yesterday online that an alien abducted Elvis.

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I guess Boeing did not bribe the right people this time!

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Asda, well do you believe anything you buy at Wal-Mart is made in America, how much of that Chevrolet you drive is American made, oh how about that computer your on, What about the television you watch or even the food you eat. How about learning ECONOMICS its call a trade DEFICIT (85 BILLION) in climbing.  A trade deficit is when you have more imported goods from foreign countries coming in than Exported goods going out.  Do you know how many jobs that is, (85 Billion dollars)? Do you know how many jobs 30 billion dollars will make at home here in the US? Do you know your dollar is worth less than a dollar why do you think gas is 3.50 a gallon?  Go ahead add another 30 billion to the deficit.  Yes Boeing does have outsourcing; it also has to be able to compete. Do you know Airbus is funded and owned by Governments and is currently being sued by our Federal Government, don’t believe me check it out for yourself (http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/20706.pdf) notice the website

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i dont get how they talk about over seas companyies. look at your tv that came over seas and so didnt half the stuff in your house. the stuff the military uses the parts comes from ver seas to. half the stuff that everyone uses eveyday is from over seas. i dont know why they are saying that about the over seas stuff. it is stupid.  there is more over seas stuff in this country then the stuff we make in this country. so take a good look at what you have and see how much of it is from the US and how much is from out of his country.  will be shocked of what you find out. soyou should just be grateull that Mobile got the contract and alot of people that are out of work here will be getting jbs and making money instaed of being on welfare.

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