@georgeob1,
If you really believe tax cuts for workers, extended benefits for the unemployed, and helping schools, are a waste of tax dollars, we believe in different priorities for our government.
As for Obamacare, I was a major critic in the way that legislation was implemented. I won't bother repeating all the short-comings of Obamacare again.
As you should know, the British and French governments subsidized Airbus from its inception. To remain competitive, Boeing had to offshore many of its factories and assembly plants, but Boeing is still a major employer in the US.
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In 2010, The Boeing Company delivered 462 airplanes to customers throughout the world, all of which were assembled in the company’s plants in Renton and Everett, Washington. With 787 deliveries and production rate increases for 737s and 777s this number will grow in 2012 and beyond.
Boeing’s production is supported by approximately 650 aerospace-related companies located in 28 counties in Washington Employment at Boeing and the other firms in the industry stood at 84,000 employees in early 2011. Each job in the industry generates nearly three additional jobs throughout the economy, so that aerospace is responsible for about 300,000 jobs in Washington, or 11 percent of all employment.
Not only is aerospace a large employer, but it also is a very well-paying sector with great career prospects for its workers. About 35 percent of aerospace employment falls under R&D, with thousands of engineers and scientists designing the next generation of aircraft. Thousands of highly skilled production workers bring home paychecks well above average. Many people in the Boeing workforce are third and fourth generation employees, a testament to the quality and loyalty of the state’s aerospace workforce.
