From: stephen@sprunk.org

On 20-May-14 17:29, conklin wrote:
> "Adam H. Kerman"  wrote in message
> news:llgi4d$971$2@news.albasani.net...
>> Still want to hear from George as to why special taxes on
>> passengers are required if the airport isn't being subsidized.
>
> Taxes on passengers are not "subsidies."

They are if they're not collected in proportion to their usage and by
the provider of what they're using.

The PFC, which is a flat amount per user levied by and collected by the
airport, is a user fee.

The federal ticket tax, which is levied on the _price_ of the ticket
(which can vary by 10x for the same amount of airport usage) and
collected by the federal govt and then doled out to _other_ airports by
politicians, is not a user fee.

Even though it collects PFC revenue, airline rent revenue, concessions
revenue, ticket tax subsidies, local direct subsidies, indirect
subsidies, parking revenues, etc., your beloved RDU _still_ loses
millions of dollars per year, yet you hold Amtrak to a much higher standard?

S

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