Bush Threatens Veto Of Any Bills That Don't Include User Fees For Everyone Talking To ATC!

Steven P. McNicoll wrote:

yeedyeegiiss wrote:

Do you another proposal by which to pay off the massive deficits
incurred under the current administration - that is, besides currency
inflation?

Sure. Cut spending. That will pay off the off the massive deficits
incurred under the current and prior administrations.

Somehow, this "cut spending" paradigm seems to have been largely absent
for the last seven years, in spite of a political party allegedly
committed to fiscal probity being in charge much of the time.

yeedyeegiiss wrote:
Steven P. McNicoll wrote:

yeedyeegiiss wrote:

Do you another proposal by which to pay off the massive deficits
incurred under the current administration - that is, besides
currency inflation?

Sure. Cut spending. That will pay off the off the massive deficits
incurred under the current and prior administrations.

Somehow, this "cut spending" paradigm seems to have been largely
absent for the last seven years, in spite of a political party
allegedly committed to fiscal probity being in charge much of the
time.

Actually, it's been absent far longer than that.

In article ,
yeedyeegiiss wrote:

Do you another proposal by which to pay off the massive deficits
incurred under the current administration - that is, besides currency
inflation?

reduce spending.

--
Bob Noel
(goodness, please trim replies!!!)

In article ,
Larry Dighera wrote:

One wonders what McCain's position on ATC user fees might be:

No one wonders what Obama's position is?

Are you intimating that Obama's ATC user fee view is aligned with
Bush's?

Not at all.

For the sake of completeness, I'm wondering what McCain AND Obama's
positions are.

--
Bob Noel
(goodness, please trim replies!!!)

On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:26:05 -0400, Bob Noel
wrote in
:

In article ,
Larry Dighera wrote:

One wonders what McCain's position on ATC user fees might be:

No one wonders what Obama's position is?

Are you intimating that Obama's ATC user fee view is aligned with
Bush's?

Not at all.

For the sake of completeness, I'm wondering what McCain AND Obama's
positions are.

Oh. I understand now. It was the missing period after 'No' that
threw me.

In article ,
Larry Dighera wrote:

One wonders what McCain's position on ATC user fees might be:

No one wonders what Obama's position is?

Are you intimating that Obama's ATC user fee view is aligned with
Bush's?

Not at all.

For the sake of completeness, I'm wondering what McCain AND Obama's
positions are.

Oh. I understand now. It was the missing period after 'No' that
threw me.

eh? There was no missing period. "No one" aka "nobody"

--
Bob Noel
(goodness, please trim replies!!!)

On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:44:44 -0400, Bob Noel
wrote in
:

In article ,
Larry Dighera wrote:

One wonders what McCain's position on ATC user fees might be:

No one wonders what Obama's position is?

Are you intimating that Obama's ATC user fee view is aligned with
Bush's?

Not at all.

For the sake of completeness, I'm wondering what McCain AND Obama's
positions are.

Oh. I understand now. It was the missing period after 'No' that
threw me.

eh? There was no missing period. "No one" aka "nobody"

I thought you were implying that everyone knew what Obama's position
is, hence they don't wonder?

At any rate, it would be interesting to learn what Obama's views on
ATC user fees may be.

This Obama statement talks about transportation, but it's a bit light
on funding details:
http://www.barackobama.com/issues/pd...sportation.pdf



http://jets.halogenguides.com/articl...dies-in-senate
FAA Funding Bill Dies in Senate
05/07/2008
Presidential candidates Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., Barack
Obama, D-Ill. and John McCain, R-Ariz. were among the nine
Senators who abstained from voting.



http://www.ainonline.com/ain-and-ain...for-president/
Natca Endorses Obama for President

June 2008

The National Air Traffic Controllers Association (Natca) late last
week endorsed Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) for president. According
to the controllers union, Obama is “a champion of fair collective
bargaining rights for controllers [and] a fierce advocate for
aviation safety and holding the FAA accountable.” Two years ago,
Obama introduced the FAA Fair Labor Management Dispute Resolution
Act of 2006, which would have required neutral binding arbitr...


I suppose you could phone the number in this article and ask about
Obama's position on ATC user fees:


http://www.jetwhine.com/2007/09/avia...in-your-hands/
They seem to think that industry types will take time out of their
valuable day just to pick up the phone and punch in 866-908-5898
and be automatically connected to their members of Congress. I did
and spoke to the folks in the office of Senators Dick Durbin and
Barrack Obama and Representative Jan Shakowsky. That’s when I told
their staffers that this week’s vote on aviation industry funding
is crucial. ...



AOPA Search:
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I submitted a question he
http://obama.senate.gov/contact/index.php