[WalterBright]

> It's all government contracts ... Their entire business

That's not what your source says at all. Boeing, for example, developed the first modern airliner in the 1930's. Pretty much all airliners derive from that. In fact, you can reasonably argue the other way - Boeing's military designs derived from their airliners. This is certainly the case for the B-17 and the KC-135.

Please identify the military technology and subsidy in the 747, and where the money came from to build the Everett plant.

[_Codemonkeyism]

The money came from corporate debt which was on very favorable terms because of the government cash flow for military contracts. The other part came from investors who invested into Boeing because of growing stock prices due to military contracts.