THEY COULD VERY WELL say 'yes' only because on the other side there's Bush:

The European Airbus company, currently under fire from the United States for allegedly taking illicit government subsidies, has sought state funds from Spain to help it build an aircraft that will compete head-to-head with its US rival Boeing, the Spanish news agency Europa said on Sunday.

The agency quoted an unnamed source in the Spanish industry ministry as saying: "We have received a request for aid that we are currently studying."

As if Spain's economy went rolling along...

(via Lucianne)

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