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In article ,
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On Wed, 4 Sep 2013 08:12:36 -0400, iBoaterer wrote:

In article ,
says...

Once you actually dig into the numbers, the whole idea of an airline
"subsidy" falls apart.
These are services 100% funded by ticket taxes
http://tinyurl.com/l8m7yp4

Thank you, good job. Ticket taxes are subsidies.

What? A subsidy implies airline passengers are getting the benefit of
money from other government sources and the fact is every dime DoT
spends on air travel comes FROM THOSE PASSENGERS in the way of ticket
taxes.

In fact the DOT is actually making over a billion dollars on these
taxes, presumably being spent on other projects.

Cite that.

They collect about $18 billion in ticket taxes and fees, the total
aviation budget for aviation is a tad over $16 billion.

http://www.dot.gov/sites/dot.dev/fil...ial-report.pdf

Expense
Air Transportation 16,004,333

Here's more on the subsidies to airlines that apparently you don't know
about:

http://tinyurl.com/l2sgahq
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Those people have not read the DoT budget, nor have you. Ticket taxes
fund ALL of those things with money left over.

Horse****.

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