Comments on: Will Politicos Squelch China Demo Bus?

By: Lee

Lee — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:36:12 +0000

Remember Idaho is the home of stupid spud farmers that like to give away the farm to attract halfbaked businesses like space shuttle launch pads, hollywood movie production houses and world wide air frieght facilities.

By: The Speckled Hen

The Speckled Hen — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 15:17:40 +0000

My experience with this is that the Buy America requirements lead to these companies manufacturing everything in their overseas plants, either fully or assembling all the components. They then disassemble the manufactured buses or train cars and ship them to the US to be “assembled” to meet Buy America. The other technique is that they ship the component parts already organized for each train car or bus to the US for assembly.

It’s just to fulfill the requirements of the law given that there aren’t many US companies that manufacture transit buses or trains. It really doesn’t lead to much in terms of economic development for cities, states or the US because it’s just re-assembly with no real components being manufactured at US-based facilities.

By: Robert

Robert — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 13:27:21 +0000

I check out there web site and found it to be lacking information. It made me question what they were really up to.

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 03:22:56 +0000

We are not in hock to Spain but China holds a ton of US debt. Think that may have anything to do with this deal?

By: Zippo

Zippo — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 23:23:07 +0000

Hey, do they give tax breaks to all dealerships?

How much is that ski resort selling for this week?