From: ahk@chinet.com

conklin  wrote:
>
>"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.
>
>

Hah!

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