boeing chief executive jim mcnerney is chairman of president obama's export council. the president's former chief of staff came from boeing's board as did his second commerce secretary. as secretary of state, hillary clinton helped broker a 3.7 billion dollar sale of boeing planes to a russian airline. even president obama boasts that he works for boeing. >> "so i tease 'j' ever time i see him. i say, "i deserve a gold watch because i'm selling your stuff all the time." >> "j" is jim mcnerney. it's clear what boeing gets from the u.s. government. what's not so clear is what it gives back. >> boeing paid no taxes in 2013, no federal income taxes. that's not a unique year. over the last 12 years they claimed over $1.6 billion in federal tax refunds even though they reported $43 billion in u.s. profits. >> 43 billion dollars in profit. but none of that comes from the dreamliner which has cost billions and is years away from making money. all of boeing's commercial profit comes from older aircraft those created prior to the dreamliner prior to jim mcnerney, and prior to t