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   From: TheGladiator@AgeOfAdventure.net   
      
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   > In 1997 or 1998 the EU suggested to the US government that they should   
   > mutually reduce their support to Boeing and Airbus, respectively. This   
   > was ignored by the US government at the time.   
   >   
   > Europe provides loans, not subsidies to Airbus. The US government   
   > provides, lets say ***highly*** profitable defence contracts to Boeing   
   > to the limit that you could claim that US governmet procurment   
   > officials for these contracts must be out of their minds; but of   
   > course; they are not; they are providing subsidies to Boeing to cope   
   > with the competition from overseas. Truth is, Boeing got too big, too   
   > fat and too lazy to keep up with innovation.   
   >   
      
   The French gov provides highly profitable defense contracts to EADS, parent   
   company of Airbus.   
      
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