Regarding the May 7 Metro article “Boeing’s Va. move means few new jobs”:
Of course Boeing wants to be closer to Congress and the Pentagon. In addition to the $62 billion it generated in military sales last year, Sam Becker of Wall St. Watchdog noted in 2017 that Boeing was the largest recipient of government subsidies: “With more than $13 billion coming in from 148 handouts … Boeing has become the king of corporate handouts.” How better to continue and increase the flow of taxpayer dollars to this $88 billion company than to move closer to the handout action?
