On Sat, 9 Feb 2008 06:56:54 -0800 (PST), Tina
wrote in
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Or for that matter, government expansion faster under the GOP (in
terms of expenses) than it did under Clinton!

Right. But they've got plans to recoup expenditures from the FAA:

HERE WE GO AGAIN - FAA BUDGET BACK IN PLAY
(http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archive...ll.html#197081)
The federal Transportation Department this week released the
latest version of its budget request
(http://www.dot.gov/bib2009/htm/FAA.html), including
user-fee-based funding for the FAA, and reaction has been swift.
"What part of 'NO!' doesn't the White House understand?" asked
AOPA President Phil Boyer

(http://www.aopa.org/advocacy/article....svl=FlashHP1).
"Once again, the Bush administration wants huge new taxes and user
fees imposed on general aviation, and it wants to slash and burn
the Airport Improvement Program." Pete Bunce, president and CEO of
the General Aviation Manufacturers Association
(http://www.gama.aero/mediaCenter/pr.php?id=159), agreed. "Despite
Congress saying 'no' to the Administration's proposal to scrap the
current funding mechanism for a less efficient one that imposes
user fees, they have once again launched an effort to complete a
FAA reauthorization bill by proposing the exact same failed plan,"
he said. DOT Secretary Mary Peters insisted the system needs to
change. "Traditional approaches are not capable of producing the
results we need to keep America's economy growing," she said.
http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archive...ll.html#197081

Somehow, this sort of smells like Bush's federal Prescription Drug
Program that forbids competitive bidding.