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"Stephen Sprunk"  wrote in message
news:llgpad$rc9$1@dont-email.me...
> 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?
>


You are a revenue denier.

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