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?   
      
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