[politicalwit]

Lets drop the financial assistance to the airline industry also. Screw them...if they can't manage their finances they have no business in the industry.

[muawiyah]

I don't have all the statistics on the matter, but a tremendous percentage of government payments to support the airline industry come directly from special taxes levied on users.

Direct subsidies were ended before Richard Nixon's resignation.

[hubbubhubbub]

Amtrak (one single enterprise) gets 30 times the subsidy per passenger mile than the entire airline industry gets.

[Wiz]

Lets drop the financial assistance to the airline industry also. Screw them...if they can't manage their finances they have no business in the industry.

Shall support toward Boeing be eliminated also, with European Airbus attempting to dominate the market and those Airbus flying in the US? How many more "Made in USA" symbols would be threaten for such problems?

[mad_as_he$$]

Agree with both points. How can Jetblue and Southwest turn profits when the bloated carriers bleed red like and ocean?

Let the market decide. Amtrak is a sloppy third rate operation.

[paul51]

Lets drop the financial assistance to the airline industry also. Screw them...if they can't manage their finances they have no business in the industry

Add the US postal service to that list of subsidized money eaters