"...$15 billion bailout for the airline industry, a notorious taxpayer rip-off." I'm no fan of the Daschles, Sen. or Mrs., but how is this a "bailout" and a "taxpayer rip-off" when the airlines collectively paid $30 billion in income taxes the previous year?
Corporations don't pay income taxes. Care to elaborate and/or substantiate your claim of $30 billion paid.