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To: Elsewhere who wrote (117632)	6/2/2005 10:42:35 AM
From: aladin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 794001

Jochen, Airbus representatives name as many or more subsidies for Boeing than US representatives claim for Airbus. Hogwash - its a good strategy 'to claim' that - but why are they asking for 1.5 Billion Euro's to remake the A350 into a 787 competitor? Why can't they compete commercially? Claiming that a quasi-government entity is doing well against a private company is just plain silly. The combined Euro governments are allied against a mid-sized US company. Maybe we should decide luxury cars are a national priority and invest 20 billion in GM to specifically target Mercedes and BMW and see how you feel. That would be similar to you Euro's with Airbus. The subsidies that the Euro's discuss are local subsidies provided to attract plant facilities. This is just like the 250 million Alabama spent to attract and land a Mercedes plant - but that was ok by you wasn't it? John