From: stephen@sprunk.org

On 20-May-14 20:05, conklin wrote:
> "Stephen Sprunk"  wrote in message
> news:llgpad$rc9$1@dont-email.me...
>> On 20-May-14 17:29, conklin wrote:
>>> 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.

Coming from a reality denier, that doesn't really bother me.

S

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