Originally Posted by
galaxy flyer
Bender
The Ex-Im bank was a idea in '30s as part of the New Deal; the idea was to help unionized American workers, which it does. I don't support the idea; I don't support EU incentives for Airbus, either. The Bank is another example of crony captitalism, but try going against the Boeing unions in DC.
GF
Boeing unions are killing themselves as witnessed by BA moving a plans to South Carolina. More and more of that happening, and they'll be on the endangered list. But as to it "helping" unionized workers, while it might be helping the 150,000 or so Boeing workers, it is endangering the 250,000 or so airline workers in the same shot. Those numbers are not exact, but I'll betcha they are pretty close. But it's like everything in DC, once it is set in stone, it never changes. So hopefully we can prove the me airlines are cheating and get them thrown out.