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Reid Announces Deal to End FAA Shutdown
Congress has reached a bipartisan compromise to end the partial shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration that has left 74,000 transportation and construction workers idled, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Thursday. The deal would allow the Senate to approve a House bill extending the FAA’s operating authority through mid-September, including a provision that cuts $16.5 million in air service subsidies to rural communities. (www.washingtonpost.com) さらに...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Check out the www.irs.gov site. The FET authorization "reinstates retroactively" the federal excise tax! Only the feds can first forbid the ailines (and charter operators) from collecting the tax and then make the return of the taxes RETROACTIVE!!! No wonder many of them simply raised the prices - this has happened before and they suspected it would happen again. How do you collect the taxes after the fact?
its about time, these goobers in washington do nothing more than try to make themselves look good half the time
Alfred: that makes more sense than anything posted here but that is logical and totally against the ways of DC
Let's apply the principle of opportunity costs here. Eliminate those subsidies and use the money thereby released to begin to modernize the air traffic control system.
subsidies come from us - the taxpayers - it's your money and my money that pay for them - isn't it better to have them work somewhere else - that generates income instead of living off income that the government takes from us?
People may reside to live where they choose.
People should not expect others to help them pay for their air fares.
Done.