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Our great capitalist society...
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says... On Tue, 3 Sep 2013 13:11:24 -0400, iBoaterer wrote: In article , says... Rail lines need a direct subsidy, just to keep the train moving. As do planes. Bull**** Have you looked at the taxes on a plane ticket. Most of the "subsidies" you talk about are actually paid for by the air traveler, not the general fund like the railroads. You pay Federal taxes 7.5% for infrastructure $3.50 per takeoff for ATC $2.50 per boarding for TSA and the airport tacks on $3 -$18 for their expenses. That was in 2007. The way taxes work it may be a lot more than that now. I suppose I could dig out the charges on my tickets to Oregon a couple months ago and look. http://tinyurl.com/l2sgahq |
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Our great capitalist society...
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says... On Wed, 4 Sep 2013 08:23:41 -0400, iBoaterer wrote: In article , says... On Tue, 3 Sep 2013 13:11:24 -0400, iBoaterer wrote: In article , says... Rail lines need a direct subsidy, just to keep the train moving. As do planes. Bull**** Have you looked at the taxes on a plane ticket. Most of the "subsidies" you talk about are actually paid for by the air traveler, not the general fund like the railroads. You pay Federal taxes 7.5% for infrastructure $3.50 per takeoff for ATC $2.50 per boarding for TSA and the airport tacks on $3 -$18 for their expenses. That was in 2007. The way taxes work it may be a lot more than that now. I suppose I could dig out the charges on my tickets to Oregon a couple months ago and look. http://tinyurl.com/l2sgahq They don't say or don't know that all of that is actually funded by airline ticket taxes. I didn't even know it until I actually looked it up. I paid 157.50 in taxes on one round trip ticket to Oregon And that's not a subsidy, eh? |
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Our great capitalist society...
In article ,
says... On Wed, 4 Sep 2013 11:44:30 -0400, iBoaterer wrote: In article , says... They don't say or don't know that all of that is actually funded by airline ticket taxes. I didn't even know it until I actually looked it up. I paid 157.50 in taxes on one round trip ticket to Oregon And that's not a subsidy, eh? Not at all that is a user fee that goes directly to the service I am paying for. I flew on a plane, I got services from the government and I paid for them RIGHT THEN. Just like buying a big mac from McDonalds. I give them ~$4, they give me a sandwich. Definition of SUBSIDY a grant or gift of money: The rail roads get tax money from people who have never even been on a train., That is a subsidy. Please look at table E-1..... http://www.laane.org/downloads/ShortchangedStudy.pdf |
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