Socialism!

Brazil applies trade sanctions againt the US for its support of cotton:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8556920.stm

Critics say the US has given its cotton growers an unfair advantage by paying them billions of dollars each year.

In 2008, the WTO ruled that subsidies to US cotton producers were discriminatory.

and
Northrop and EADS withdraw US air tanker bid
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8556950.stm

Northrop Grumman and EADS had won a contract in February 2008, but this was then cancelled following a Boeing appeal.
At the time, there was substantial political opposition in Washington to the involvement of EADS, which owns Airbus, the European rival of US-based Boeing.

Socialism, price supports, protectionism, all have a long history in this country. Why do we feel the need to pretend they do not?

We do not wish to mar our story of ourselves as heroes: singular heroes, standing alone, with nothing but Purity and Truth to guide us.
It's our story, our narrative, our screenplay. If we don't have that story, we got nothing, and even the billions of dollars that Wall Street sucked from us would turn to ash within their mouths.

Keep the Story Goin'!    
Keep on Truckin' !