Unbate your breath, relax those hunched muscles, the day of Freedom is upon us! If you, like me, are a kajillionaire who pays Swedish lesbians to feed you grapes, you no doubt understand how bullshit taxes are. I am of course writing this from my floating libertarian garbage island, but I have been stressed lately I must say. "Felicia," I have been saying in between grapes, because Felicia is inexplicably the 48th most popular girl's name in Sweden, "I want to install an airstrip on my private island but I am concerned that my taxes will go up! Whatever shall I do?"
I guess what has me worried about the whole "user fee" discussion is that the FAA and the aviation system seems to be working fine. Is the FAA losing tons of money that I'm unaware of? Taxes through fuel seems to be working just fine. If you fly a lot, you buy a lot of fuel and you therefor pay more taxes.
Where was this outrage when the Obama administration didn't pass additional user fees? User fees that would primerially have been focused on private jets.
That's a website that reviews luxury yachts ("but it's pronounced 'smith'"), and they can't afford to get someone who speaks and writes English well to edit the reviews?
Reminds me of my state, North Carolina. When they cut the state income tax a couple of years ago, they jacked up sales tax rates on things like electricity and added sales tax to things like labor on car repairs. Some lower income families ended up paying more total tax after the income tax cut than before. Of course, one thing they did not increase, at least then, was the low cap on sales tax on things like yachts, luxury cars, and airplanes. Basically, taxing only the first $50,000 because there was a tax cap of $1,500. In 2015, they did increase the sales tax rate on airplanes and increased the cap to $2,500. Which works out to almost the same cap (a little under $53,000) but of course, hits the little guy trying to scrape together enough to buy a 30 year old small plane for $25,000. The tax, because of the cap, will cover jet fuel on their next trip to Vail. Or fuel for a round trip to the Bahamas on their 50 foot boat. And they can afford the trip because some of them are saving $12,000 or more a year in state income tax. Meanwhile, the family making $30,000 a year is paying a couple of hundred dollars more a year in sales tax.
If they were not wearing United hats or badges, what difference does it make? I know it was a benefit offered by the airline, but they were not on duty and were not identifiable as United employees as far as I can tell.
It only happens "faster through privitization" because of the stranglehold idiot Repubs put on public money and infrastructure. And pardon me but something tells me that non-hub airports will get left out of this speedy fixin' because they aren't profitable. Privatization of public utilities is ALWAYS a bad idea.
I am going to have to find a way to have the same mixup I did last time then. I clearly did not spend enough time in this lounge.
I don't miss what my soul paid for it, but I DO miss those travel perks.
I live between Seneca Falls NY and Ithaca NY so basically almost every dollar I spend funds the lesbian industrial complex.
this strikes me as wonderful for some reason.
It really is I love it here.
There's nothing like doing a few stalls and buzzing a few houses with a supreme jackhole at the controls to put you off the Friendly Skies.
Well United is GREAT 'cause they keep those naughty legging things off the girls!
You realize that was due to them not fallowing the company's companion travel agreement right? Know the whole story before you post please :)
I guess what has me worried about the whole "user fee" discussion is that the FAA and the aviation system seems to be working fine. Is the FAA losing tons of money that I'm unaware of? Taxes through fuel seems to be working just fine. If you fly a lot, you buy a lot of fuel and you therefor pay more taxes.
Where was this outrage when the Obama administration didn't pass additional user fees? User fees that would primerially have been focused on private jets.
That's a website that reviews luxury yachts ("but it's pronounced 'smith'"), and they can't afford to get someone who speaks and writes English well to edit the reviews?
Reminds me of my state, North Carolina. When they cut the state income tax a couple of years ago, they jacked up sales tax rates on things like electricity and added sales tax to things like labor on car repairs. Some lower income families ended up paying more total tax after the income tax cut than before. Of course, one thing they did not increase, at least then, was the low cap on sales tax on things like yachts, luxury cars, and airplanes. Basically, taxing only the first $50,000 because there was a tax cap of $1,500. In 2015, they did increase the sales tax rate on airplanes and increased the cap to $2,500. Which works out to almost the same cap (a little under $53,000) but of course, hits the little guy trying to scrape together enough to buy a 30 year old small plane for $25,000. The tax, because of the cap, will cover jet fuel on their next trip to Vail. Or fuel for a round trip to the Bahamas on their 50 foot boat. And they can afford the trip because some of them are saving $12,000 or more a year in state income tax. Meanwhile, the family making $30,000 a year is paying a couple of hundred dollars more a year in sales tax.
If they were not wearing United hats or badges, what difference does it make? I know it was a benefit offered by the airline, but they were not on duty and were not identifiable as United employees as far as I can tell.
AAAWWWWW. C'mon, Lascaux! That role was the best example of overacting (and overreacting) in the Golden Age of TV!
Fuck you.
Sorry, rest of the Wonkers. All I got in the "stop policing girls' bodies" department today.
It only happens "faster through privitization" because of the stranglehold idiot Repubs put on public money and infrastructure. And pardon me but something tells me that non-hub airports will get left out of this speedy fixin' because they aren't profitable. Privatization of public utilities is ALWAYS a bad idea.
You're cute :)