From: nilknocgeo@earthlink.net   
      
   "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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