okay how that has any thing to do with subsidies for given the airlines for "lost revenue" I don't know. The airline industry has taken a dive because of poor business decisions in many areas, not because the government established security checkpoints at airports. The airline industries are not being compensated for lost property, but rather straight welfare subsidies (like Amtrak).
The industry should be allowed to fall on its knees. This would weed out the companies with poor business models and make room for airlines who run on successful platforms. This would be the best for the consumer (hello its called competition) and for the long term health of the airline industry. Bottom line the tax payer should not have to float the bill for a corporation who is not turning profits.
"Bottom line the tax payer should not have to float the bill for a corporation who is not turning profits." It is difficult to turn a "profit" when our federal government requires the airlines to spend their property (money) for the purchase x-ray machines to search (unconstitutionally, I might add) our luggage (for the public use of "security) down in the bowels of the airport.
Amendment V is crystal clear on this subject. The airlines deserve to compensated for such takings. <> I am not suggesting subsidies to stay in business. I suggesting following the constitution and compensating private property owners for their property that has been taken for public use.
Sometimes, for the preservation of liberty and freedom, it costs we fellow citizens tax money to follow the constitution.