Posted on 08/04/2011 1:45:27 PM PDT by Perdogg
Okay...I’m guilty of reading the link, but not reading the last page of the thread. ;o)
Some of you “get” it, and I thank you for it.
$2 Billion? Whoa - pump the brakes....
The AP reports that the (about) 3-week shutdown cost $400 million in uncollected fees.
$532 million: Avg. month fee collection.
$6.390 Billion: Avg. yearly total for fee collection.
15.956 Billion: FY2010 BUDGET for the FAA.
They are costing us about $9.5 billion on top of what they generally collect and no one noticed that they weren’t there for almost one full month.
Personally, it is still fine by me that they stayed shut down for a while. God forbid some Federal employee has to find a new job like a regular citizen would... :)
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