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Airlines speak out against proposed taxes on air travel
LA TIMES ^ | 5/26/13 | Hugo Martin

Posted on 05/28/2013 4:42:55 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper

The cost of flying might be going up, but this time it's not the airlines raising prices.

The Obama administration has proposed raising the taxes on air travel by about $14 per flight, a move airlines strongly oppose.

Higher taxes are needed to help reduce the deficit, pay for improvements at the nation's airports and add thousands of new immigration and customs officers to reduce wait times to process foreign visitors, the administration says.

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: airlinetaxes; federalairline; liar; notonedime; obama; socialistausterity; staycation; taxes
You are JUST NOT PAYING ENOUGH, says the Clown.
1 posted on 05/28/2013 4:42:55 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: SoFloFreeper

Yes, it won’t be dimes. Nothing was said about larger denominations than 10¢.


2 posted on 05/28/2013 4:44:36 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: SoFloFreeper

he lies.....a lot


3 posted on 05/28/2013 4:46:25 AM PDT by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: SoFloFreeper
Dunno how your link got broken.

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-travel-briefcase-20130527,0,393263.story
4 posted on 05/28/2013 4:47:22 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: SoFloFreeper

The Fed already collects $10 billion from ticket taxes and landing fees.


5 posted on 05/28/2013 4:58:29 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (NRA Life Member)
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RE :”...and add thousands of new immigration and customs officers to reduce wait times to process foreign visitors, the administration says.”

Great idea, tax our (Americans) domestic flights to reduce waiting times to process foreign visitors. but....How about just taxing them to pay for it??

Notice Obama didnt propose any of these taxes BEFORE the ELECTION?

And dont worry, Rubio assures us that those illegals ‘fines’ will pay for their processing and investigation, and they will pay taxes too.

6 posted on 05/28/2013 5:01:22 AM PDT by sickoflibs (To GOP : Any path to US citizenship IS putting them ahead in line. Stop lying about your position.)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

Not to mention aviation fuel taxes


7 posted on 05/28/2013 5:17:03 AM PDT by WomBom ("I read Free Republic for the pictures")
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To: sickoflibs

He promised he wouldn’t raise taxes on anyone who wasn’t rich, under $250k, I think was his limit.


8 posted on 05/28/2013 5:20:01 AM PDT by ican'tbelieveit
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To: SoFloFreeper

“Not One Dime” means not one dime will be left untaxed.

LLS


9 posted on 05/28/2013 5:25:16 AM PDT by LibLieSlayer (FROM MY COLD, DEAD HANDS!)
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To: ican'tbelieveit

Last year the only thing he proposed was more free stuff. Now its taxes.

But the elections over, it worked.


10 posted on 05/28/2013 5:28:27 AM PDT by sickoflibs (To GOP : Any path to US citizenship IS putting them ahead in line. Stop lying about your position.)
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To: SoFloFreeper

I double dog dare the airlines to stop all flights for just one day to bring ttention to another rape “project” by this administration. I’m thinking the press MIGHT have to report on the reason why they stopped.


11 posted on 05/28/2013 5:39:18 AM PDT by freeangel ( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like it)
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To: SoFloFreeper

“...Higher taxes are needed to help reduce the deficit, pay for improvements at the nation’s airports and add thousands of new immigration and customs officers to reduce wait times to process foreign visitors, the administration says. ...”

Bull Obama.

They can shove their phony logic up their collective smelly Obamas, put a cork there, and then jog until they die.


12 posted on 05/28/2013 5:56:45 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: SoFloFreeper
and add thousands of new immigration and customs officers to reduce wait times to process foreign visitors, the administration says.

That is the reason. More troops for Obama's Army.

13 posted on 05/28/2013 6:25:50 AM PDT by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: SoFloFreeper

For every dollar you give the Government in Taxes, they spend ten. So to reduce the Federal Deficit I propose abolishing the IRS.


14 posted on 05/28/2013 7:53:54 AM PDT by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: ican'tbelieveit

I think his 250k was 250 Kroners. At todays market 250 Kroners is worth 43 bucks.


15 posted on 05/28/2013 7:55:49 AM PDT by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: SoFloFreeper

I hate improvements and less wait time.


16 posted on 05/28/2013 8:37:35 AM PDT by stuartcr ("I have habits that are older than the people telling me they're bad for me.")
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