Obama shaking down airlines now.

[PocketChange]

$15 in security fees is ridiculous. Should be $1.50 at most.

I've flown better airlines overseas for less than our security fees.

King Fischer - awesome airline and service.


Better yet charge no fee and have our defense department take care of it. I'd rather see veterans doing and enlisted men doing the job.

Quote from Ricter:

So $15 altogether. I can handle it.

 

[Ricter]

Quote from Lucrum:

...in addition to all the existing fees and taxes.
When is enough enough?

I agree, that price point is out there somewhere. They should probably hit the commercial sector a bit harder, and the casual traveler a bit lighter, since despite all the high taxes airfreight was hitting new record highs just two months ago, so clearly air cargo is still quite profitable.

 

[Scataphagos]

Quote from Mercor:

"... Is the Government the best vehicle to redistribute wealth?

Better question... "SHOULD the government be in the business of redistributing wealth"?

Should ANYBODY be in the business of redistributing wealth?

 

[Lucrum]

Quote from Ricter:

...They should probably hit the commercial sector a bit harder, and the casual traveler a bit lighter...

Discrimination?

 

[Ricter]

Quote from Lucrum:

Discrimination?

Who was it who said, when asked why he robbed banks, "that's where the money is"?

 

[Mercor]

Quote from Scataphagos:

Better question... "SHOULD the government be in the business of redistributing wealth"?

Should ANYBODY be in the business of redistributing wealth?

Very good questions.

It could be said that all the Government is capable of doing is redistributing since it manufactures nothing.

 

[Ricter]

Quote from Mercor:

Very good questions.

It could be said that all the Government is capable of doing is redistributing since it manufactures nothing.

The government produces services, no one expects it to be a manufacturer. And certainly current manufacturers would not want it to become a manufacturer. That said, I'd be surprised if there were absolutely no government shop anywhere which does some manufacturing, even if light, for sale to the public. Maybe license plates fit that description.

 

[Ricter]

Quote from Trader666:

You libturds just can't grasp that either way it ultimately gets passed down to everyday people.

I'm sorry you're not doing very well.

 

[Trader666]

I'm sorry that's the best you can do after I shot down your "point."

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I'm sorry you're not doing very well.

 

[DemZad]

Can anyone explain why air travel is taxed at a higher rate than alcohol?