We should finance boeing the way that airbus is financed.
The gov't should pay the developement costs of an aircraft and then boeing simply pay a license (with no interest or anything else) THen beoing can make dozens of new models without considering the economic case for each and one or two might be popular. WHich is EXACTLY how airbus does it.
There is no way that boeing could afford to develope an aircraft with a projected run of 200-400 airframes. You could never amortize the developement costs. For airbus that is not a problem. And that is why the playing field is NOT level no matter what the airbus supporters say.
And don't tell me about military subsidies because in the corporate world you can't simply rob from one division to pay for another. The shareholders force you to sell the losing division.
Cheers
Wino