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Your attitude is one of the reasons excellent companies like Boeing won’t even go into defense work. Not worth being slimed.

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What decade do you live in. Boeing does all kinds of defense work. Try using the new fangled "Google" thingy. Here's just one of many stories.

The Boeing Co.'s campaign to win federal backing for a lucrative new military airplane contract was in trouble in October 2002. The head of the Office of Management and Budget had just told the Air Force and Congress that the acquisition plan -- which featured the most costly government lease in U.S. history -- was not urgent and would squander billions of dollars.

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Under the contract, Boeing would produce 100 refueling tankers based on its 767-model airliner, a deal Dicks predicts would be expanded and eventually bring the giant weapons manufacturer $100 billion. That would make it one of the most expensive military programs this decade.

Leasing, rather than buying, is the key to the deal: The Air Force, under current budgeting, cannot afford to buy so many aircraft at once. Leasing would permit it to pay less up front, although it would ultimately pay as much as $5.7 billion more overall. And Boeing would be able to keep its 767 production line active despite a decrease in commercial orders for the plane. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and others have denounced the program as corporate welfare born in backroom dealing. Air Force Secretary James G. Roche has said it is a cost-effective way to modernize an aging tanker fleet.

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Boeing is the #2 defense contractor here behind only Lockheed Martin.

http://www.govexec.com/top200/02top/s3chart1.htm

Really, you ought to learn something about this before you spout off. Hmmm, that does sound familiar. Sucks to be hoisted by your own petard.

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Here's a more recent list, Boeing is still #2 behind Lockheed Martin.

http://www.defensenews.com/index.php?S=07top100

Notice the % of income from defense, Boeing gets 50% of its money from defense.