wahlins said: sandy1 said: Scott, please tell me how someone voicing an opinion about jobs the current administration is preventing is either conservative or liberal. The act of preventing these jobs is beyond common sense. I would hold the same opinion no matter the party in power. It is job killing and it is stupid, not political. The Machinist Union was the losing group this time and they in fact did not support Obama's election. When all other factors are reasonably equal, again, no matter the party, that sounds like retribution.
It is not happening Sandy. It is untrue. Fox News and all of the conservative pundits lie.
Here is a link from the Wichita (KS) Eagle newspaper:
http://www.kansas.com/2011/11/18/2108059/hawker-beechcraft-said-air-force.htmlHawker Beechcraft was one of two companies with the capability of producing the needed equipment, then the Obama Administration excluded Hawker Beechcraft from submitting a bid. Thus, they are awarding the contract to Embraer of Brazil without a bidding process.
When Haliburton was the only company in the world that could serve military needs, liberals pitched a fit that they were awarded a no-bid contract. But, when two companies have the capabilities, the current administration denies the American company the opportunity to bid, without telling them why.
If there's not the same amount of outrage here, then all the outrage was just petty politics to begin with.
You can try to have it both ways, but you will be called out on it.
Why the opposition to giving those jobs to Americans?