(Please note that this also ran on the op-ed of the local paper here yesterday since it is such a huge story down here in the greater Charleston, South Carolina area. But it is anything but just a local story; recall that Philip Greenspun of Harvard Law school called it the biggest U.S. economic story of the year–KSH).
Deep into the recent recession, Boeing decided to invest more than $1 billion in a new factory in South Carolina. Surging global demand for our innovative, new 787 Dreamliner exceeded what we could build on one production line and we needed to open another….
Eighteen months later, a North Charleston swamp has been transformed into a state-of-the-art, green-energy powered, 1.2 million square-foot airplane assembly plant. One thousand new workers are hired and being trained to start building planes in July….
Yet the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) believes it was a mistake and that our actions were unlawful. It claims we improperly transferred existing work, and that our decision reflected “animus” and constituted “retaliation” against union-represented employees in Washington state. Its remedy: Reverse course, Boeing, and build the assembly line where we tell you to build it.
[b]We are from the Government; we are here to help.[/b]
The EPA tells Shell “tough luck” after spending $4B to develop oil production in the artic. The NLRB tells Boeing “tough luck” after pouring $1B into world-class facilities.
Obamacare scares the wits out of business, grants hundreds of waivers until after the 2012 election.
Public sector unions fight to retain collective bargining rights against whom? Taxpayers!
The only economic growth taking place in this country is where small, medium, and large business finds a way around this Government-led insanity that seeks to destroy free markets and capitalism and replace it with the slavery of government control.
Until we the people vote for freedom, liberty, limited government, the economic engine of America is going to be shackled to the failed history of socialism and communism for years to come.
I have to say again that the WTO finding on Boeing subsidies is bigger, but it’s also doesn’t yet push any political buttons so I can understand why eyes glaze over.
this is one more nail in Obama’s political coffin, good riddance to him.
Having just seen the film, I notice an eerie parallel between the Boeing story and the plot of Atlas Shrugged: a cabal of elected officials, regulatory agencies and labor unions attempt to coerce a private business into decisions that will prevent the firm from growing or being profitable.