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rsmith6621 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-17-11 10:09 PM
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Here is A Million $$$ Program That Speaker BONER Should Defund


...This is a program administrated by the Federal Aviation Administration so that airports where winter activity such as skiing and snowboarding take place have some sort of flow control for GENERAL AVIATION arriving in to the airports during certain holidays... I truly understand that it is for safety but who does this program benefit?????....THE RICH and FAMOUS..... Why should we pay for this program to ensure flight safety for those who want lesser government????.. I say if the RICH and FAMOUS want this program they pay their fair share out of their own pockets.... If Grandma cant stay WARM next year then the RICH and FAMOUS shouldnot be allowed to have a form of corporate welfare just so they can have fun and get away from their troubles...

This program cost ONE MILLION dollars each time it is implemented which is at least three times a year.

https://www.fly.faa.gov/estmp/index.html
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upi402 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-17-11 10:13 PM
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1. Good find
How many golf courses do we pay for? I heard a crazy big number today and couldn't take it seriously.
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davidinalameda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-17-11 10:16 PM
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2. how many people who work at those resorts
and businesses who depend on the business brought in by these resorts would suffer?



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HuckleB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-17-11 10:33 PM
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8. Quite a few.
But there's no reason that taxes on flights to these destinations can't pay for this program.
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NuclearDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-17-11 10:16 PM
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3. The rich and famous aren't the only ones who like to go skiing on the holidays...
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rsmith6621 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-17-11 10:24 PM
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5. But They Are The Only One's.......


....Who can afford gas sucking BIZ JETS that this program is designed for...
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NuclearDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-17-11 10:32 PM
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7. Whoop, you're right, I missed that.
My bad

:blush:
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howaboutme Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-17-11 10:23 PM
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4. General aviation for the elite
is funded on the backs of the sheeple as taxes paid on their plane tickets. The sheeple put up with the travesty of Napolitano and her TSA while the elite and powerful skate through without any cattle shoots or inconvenience of security to their waiting jets without ever having a TSA serf touch their loins. Americans need to first get organized, but then demand that the elite pay their share. It is all about corporations and the elite and running our nation for the benefit of themselves and their private getaways.
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Modern_Matthew Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-17-11 10:30 PM
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6. Education and health care should take highest priority. Cut crap like this. n/t
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Rosa Luxemburg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-17-11 11:02 PM
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9. How many million?
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