Senator Murray (D-WA) Illustrates She Knows Nothing About U.S. Economy

The competition between Boeing (BA) and Northrop Grumman (NOC) for the KC-X contract is pretty hot. As with many of these contracts the states that stand to benefit the most legislators are supportive. The states being Washington and Kansas for Boeing and primarily Alabama for Northrop. At the same time it doesn’t help anybody to throw insults around and play loose with facts.

Recently Senator Patty Murray of Washington was on National Public Radio (NPR) and supposedly said that “I would challenge anybody to tell me that they’ve stood on a line in Alabama and seen anybody building anything.” Ms. Murray demonstrates taht she knows little or nothing about the U.S. economy and Alabama’s contribution.

Mercedes Benz and Honda make thousands of cars a year in Alabama one assumes on a production line. Hyundai has a 500,000 car a year plant as well. Boeing employs thousands of people in the state as well working for NASA and the Defense Department. So she insulted those people while supporting them at the same time.

The contest should be above such petty insults.