Mr. Wiz:
"This is often saod about Boeing, but seems to imply making money out of defense contracts is some kind of subsidy. Boeing earn money from the military by making products the military want to buy! What the hell's wrong with that?"
I think you have it backwards a little...the military buys, and fights wars, to subsidize politically connected corporations...Boeing, Haliburton and many others come to mind. The genesis of meaningless wars must have SOME upside...as they said during Watergate, follow the money, and the stink. Sam