RICK MORAN: WHAT WILL HIS FRIENDS IN THE UNITED AUTO WORKERS SAY? THE BUS IS MADE IN CANADA!!!
http://pajamasmedia.com/tatler/2011/08/17/obama-tours-midwest-in-a-bus-made-in-canada/
Obama Tours Midwest in a Bus…Made in Canada
I wonder what his UAW friends think of this?
– President Obama is barnstorming the heartland to boost US jobs in a taxpayer-financed luxury bus the government had custom built — in Canada, The Post has learned.
The $1.1 million vehicle, one of two that Quebec-based Prevost sold the government, has been tricked out by the Secret Service with state-of-the-art security features and creature comforts.
It’s a VIP H3-45 model, the company’s top of the line, and is used by major traveling rock bands.
“That’s the more luxurious model,” Christine Garant of Prevost told The Post.
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The feds bought the two coaches for $2.2 million from Hemphill Brothers Coach, based in Tennessee. It installed custom interior upgrades into the Prevost shell, which accounted for about half the cost.
The contract lists the country of origin as Canada and place of manufacture as “outside U.S. – Trade Agreements,” a possible reference to the North American Free Trade Agreement.
At least Prevost, the company that manufactured the bus, is unionized so the president can avoid the embarrassment of riding around in a motorcoach built by scabs. But his call for more jobs rings sort of hollow when he’s touring in a bus built by foreign workers.
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