On Tuesday, May 20, 2014 11:29:41 PM UTC-4, Adam H. Kerman wrote:

> Airlines and concessions should pay rental and that should be high enough
> to operate the airport and retire bonds. If it's not, something's wrong.

It's telling that so-called "economic conservatives" scream for Amtrak to be
privatized, yet have no problems at all with airports and toll facilities
being publicly owned and operated*.

The real solution for airports and toll roads are for them to be owned,
financed, and operated entirely by the airlines, just like the Union Stations
of railroads.  Naturally, those airports would pay business taxes and of
course property taxes, just as 
railroad terminals did and did dearly.  Tell that to a conservative and watch
them freak out.


*I can't help but suspect that the airlines love the present system since it
saves them a ton of money.  If they really didn't like it, they would've built
their own airports in the first place.

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