"EADS has announced that it would build an assembly facility for its tanker in Mobile, Ala., a state with two powerful Republican senators.
On Tuesday, Boeing said its 767 tanker "could support significantly more U.S. aerospace jobs than any other competitor" because it draws from direct and indirect suppliers with 1,000 locations in more than 40 states."
It's interesting how the "facts of life" of politics will probably settle the decision between EADS or Boeing. Which manufacturer will provide the most jobs in this country and thus the most political pull from its respective constituency?
EADS teams up with Northrup Grumman to put their plant on our soil. Isn't that strange? Airbus already has a plant in Wichita, maybe that's one reason why Boeing sold its plant there.
The best tanker should win, not the one that "provides the most jobs."
Gov't doesn't exist to "create jobs," although many people (even around here) think they do.