Tax Refunds, Courtesy President Nicolas Sarkozy: This week we saw stunning proof how out of touch our law makers can be. A $40b (40,000,000,000.00) contract was awarded to the French based EADS for the building of American defense aircraft. It is a travesty that during a time of economic instability that our government has decided to award the contracts for 173 air tankers to a foreign/socialist government. How shameful.