Boeing Workers Strike, US Funds Their War Machine
While Boeing's workforce battles for basic economic security, its top brass and investors are swimming in profits, largely thanks to lucrative military contracts. Take the F-15EX, F/A-18, and Apache helicopters—weapons central to conflicts globally, often sold with US taxpayer backing. These same taxpayers, like the striking workers, are often told there's no money for healthcare or living wages.
Yet, the coffers are always open for defense spending, enriching corporations like Boeing. It's a familiar dance: corporations leverage taxpayer dollars through defense contracts, enrich executives and shareholders, then balk at fair compensation for the workers who build their lethal wares. One might wonder if increased military aid, say, the $14 billion just approved for Israel, might sweeten
Boeing's next earnings call, effectively bypassing the workers who actually create the value. How much 'national security' can a nation truly have when its own citizens can't afford rent?