Boeing is a company that benefits the State's economy sufficiently enough to have its own taxing status.  These are not "tax breaks" in the common sense application of the term but rather are an acknowledgement that Boeing generates more tax revenues for the State than most other businesses.  Boeing is deserving of this status due to taxes generated by its numerous support businesses that would not exist without Boeing being here.  It is a misnomer to call the special tax status that Boeing enjoys as "tax breaks".