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Family members hold pictures of loved ones killed in Boeing crashes during the Senate hearing on “Boeing’s Broken Safety Culture” on June 18, 2024. (Tom Williams via Getty Images)
A $500 million fine isn’t enough for a company that murdered 346 people, Joe Nocera argues.
By Joe Nocera
07.08.24 — Tech and Business
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Let’s face it: Boeing has the government by the balls.

It is, after all, America’s only commercial aircraft manufacturer, with over 170,000 employees in Washington State, South Carolina, and Virginia, most of whom make middle-class to upper-middle-class wages. In dollar volume, it is the country’s largest exporter. And to top it off, Boeing is a critical

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Joe Nocera
Joe Nocera is an editor and writer at The Free Press. During his long career in journalism, he has been a columnist at The New York Times, Bloomberg, Esquire, and GQ, the editorial director of Fortune, and a writer at Newsweek, Texas Monthly and The Washington Monthly. He was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2007.
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