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Egalitarian Thug

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4. Well of course manufacturing one the most complicated machines ever devised by man

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Fri Jan 18, 2013, 07:04 PM

Jan 2013

and spreading those thousands of processes among dozens of the lowest bidders, none of whom have any real stake nor liability in the final results, in order to pocket a few percentage points of additional profits to line the pockets of a few executives is the very definition of globalism.

What could possibly go wrong?

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Boeing's outsourcing strategy in the spotlight as FAA grounds the Dreamliner [View all] Playinghardball Jan 2013 OP

Might have a point, but I'd wait for more than one part to fail Blue_Tires Jan 2013 #1

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K&R Teamster Jeff Jan 2013 #3

Well of course manufacturing one the most complicated machines ever devised by man Egalitarian Thug Jan 2013 #4

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