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.   
      
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