Actually, Willie the federal government charges a tax on every plane passenger and they collect enough to pay for the comerical airports. But the low life congressmen use the fund to buy votes and they spend it on little county airports and building hangers and etc. For rich people. Ever read about the germ bag meritha and his private airport. The true location of welfare for the rich.
“Actually, Willie the federal government charges a tax on every plane passenger and they collect enough to pay for the comerical airports. But the low life congressmen use the fund to buy votes and they spend it on little county airports and building hangers and etc. For rich people. Ever read about the germ bag meritha and his private airport. The true location of welfare for the rich.”
That’s kind of my point too. Airline passengers PAY THEIR WAY. In fact we have to pay a LOT MORE than we need to, in order to finance the GRANDIOSE TERMINALS that local politicians get from our PFCs. It angers the hell out of me. But airline passengers sure as heck pay their way.
Now, it’s also not a good idea to for the government-train crowd to not get into car travel or plane travel, because in both cases, the passengers/drivers pay taxes to fully cover the cost of their transport. Could we do that with trains - spare me. The tax would cost 10 times the cost of the ticket...and the ticket will be expensive anyway (look at Amtrak’s prices).
“Actually, Willie the federal government charges a tax on every plane passenger and they collect enough to pay for the comerical airports.”
I guess what’s so hard for some people here to grasp is that intercity train travel is VERY EXPENSIVE compared to driving, or flying (for longer distances). People may wish it to be cheaper, but no one has figured out how to accomplish that. Maybe some day they will - and when they do, we can have private trains, or even government run trains that pay for themselves.
But not for decades, and WE ARE BROKE as a country.