It can't ever be "fixed". It's been that way since the dawn of civilization. Our system is quite a bit more functional than say Russia's, or China's for that matter. Better than most (but not all) of our allies too.

The nature of the mil industrial complex is that it requires constant vigilance and regular tuneups.

In the case of boeing specifically, it got so bad (just on the defense side) that it became common public knowledge and the pendulum had to swing. It didn't help them that they had very high visibility problems at the commercial and space units as well.