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Old April 24th 05, 04:06 PM
Robert B.
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"Stefan" wrote in message
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Bob Noel wrote:

Soft government contracts, state governments paying to site factories,
support for labour training, soft government contracts, overpriced
government contracts, government contracts going to factories in swing
states etc


feh - Those aren't subsidies.


Repayable credits aren't, either.

I think the only answer you'd accept is: Everything the ather guy gets
is subsidies. Everything you get is not.

Stefan


But as I understand it, the AB "repayable credits" are only repayable out of
the profits of the aircraft line they support. Not having any risk in new
development is a pretty big subsidy!