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NASA inspector general gives damning assessment of Boeing's quality control (www.nbcnews.com)

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[–] Windex007 17 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Then nationalize it?

If they're too incompetent to exist within the bounds of the free market, but too important to the national interest to fail? You can't have your feet in two canoes.

[–] roofuskit 5 points 3 months ago

I'm not telling you what I think should happen. I'm just telling you, what in reality, is going to happen. Companies like Boeing are heavily protected by Congress. They have a lot of representatives and senators in their pockets due to the placement of their facilities.