An article in today's WSJ Opinion section:
"Patriot Tanker Games" about the recent decision by the Navy to buy fuel tankers from EADS and Northrup Grumman instead of Boeing. Boeing is pretty upset and quite a few are making a big deal about buying defense from foreign companies, even though Northrup Grumman is an American company and EADS will be building the tankers stateside. Anyway, from the article:
"What's really going on is a familiar scrum for federal cash, with politicians from Washington and Kansas using nationalism as cover for their pork-barreling. Todd Tiahrt, a Kansas Republican, has even talked about a ban on companies whose home governments don't spend 2% of GDP on their militaries, which would include most of Europe. [What's the significance of defense spending as a percentage of GDP?] The numbers about which tanker bid would have created more jobs are impossible to confirm and meaningless. The Pentagon's job is to defend the country, which means letting contracts that best serve American soldiers and taxpayers, not certain companies."
I just thought this was funny. In this post on the WSJ's Washington Wire, the author says Hillary Clinton is "widening her focus". This is the comment I left:
"Patriot Tanker Games" about the recent decision by the Navy to buy fuel tankers from EADS and Northrup Grumman instead of Boeing. Boeing is pretty upset and quite a few are making a big deal about buying defense from foreign companies, even though Northrup Grumman is an American company and EADS will be building the tankers stateside. Anyway, from the article:
"What's really going on is a familiar scrum for federal cash, with politicians from Washington and Kansas using nationalism as cover for their pork-barreling. Todd Tiahrt, a Kansas Republican, has even talked about a ban on companies whose home governments don't spend 2% of GDP on their militaries, which would include most of Europe. [What's the significance of defense spending as a percentage of GDP?] The numbers about which tanker bid would have created more jobs are impossible to confirm and meaningless. The Pentagon's job is to defend the country, which means letting contracts that best serve American soldiers and taxpayers, not certain companies."
I just thought this was funny. In this post on the WSJ's Washington Wire, the author says Hillary Clinton is "widening her focus". This is the comment I left:
"I think it’s funny that Hillary is being described as “widening her focus.” If she is widening her focus, doesn’t that mean, almost by definition, she is becoming less focused? I can see someone shifting their focus, but to widen it implies a dilution. I think I get the point of the post, but I also think Hillary is grasping at straws and simply postponing the inevitable."
I think this is a great idea. I hope it's allowed.
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So all of the old "Made in the USA" commercials were wrong? I should buy my Mercedes from Alabama? Or my Ford from Mexico? I'm so confused!
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