NATIONAL SECURITY MEETS THE FREE MARKET
John complains about the bailout of Boeing, sounding like a free market, laissez faire libertarian. I'm no fan of corporate welfare, but I understand the importance of Boeing, not only to our national economy, but also to our national defense. Should we allow Boeing to go under, thereby sacrificing an important bidder for needed military equipment? I guess we could, and then we could rely on Europe's Airbus (and its employees) to fulfill Boeing's role producing the B-1, B-2, F/A-18, F-15, F/A-22. Sure, let's ship those jobs oversees. Or maybe we could let Lockheed do it at monopolty pricing.