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Chicken Bone wrote:
Flightinfo.com asked for pilots political orientation. Weak troll, it's not hard to get this group riled up over politics. What difference does political affiliation make anyway? People can still have decent qualities despite being republicans. ---- |
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How much did you pay the FAA last year, other than the same amount that
non-flyers in your tax bracket paid? "Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message ink.net... "TTA Cherokee Driver" wrote in message ... Sounds to me like pilots are a lot like farmers, sqawking for the gumbit to cut their taxes and stay out of their "self-reliant" way, while refusing to acknowledge (even to themselves) the massive government spending, protection, and subsidies that make their activity economically feasible. What is this massive government spending, protection, and subsidy that makes flying economically feasible and what is the source? |
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In rec.aviation.owning Chicken Bone wrote:
Flightinfo.com asked for pilots political orientation. Results: Democrat 22.97% Republican 57.24% Ind. 19.79% http://forums.flightinfo.com/showthr...threadid=21699 -- Liberalism is Communism one drink at a time. - P.J. O'Rourke If you are under thirty and aren't a Democrat, you have no heart. If you are over thirty and aren't a Republican, you have no brain. Or so I've been told... -- Jim Pennino Remove -spam-sux to reply. |
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"Bill Denton" wrote in message ... How much did you pay the FAA last year, other than the same amount that non-flyers in your tax bracket paid? Considerably more, as the primary source of FAA funding is user taxes which are not paid by non-flyers. |
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... If you are under thirty and aren't a Democrat, you have no heart. If you are over thirty and aren't a Republican, you have no brain. Or so I've been told... Actually, it's another from Winston Churchill (who as I remember changed political party himself, probably at age 30). "Any man who is under 30, and is not a liberal, has no heart; and any man who is over 30, and is not a conservative, has no brains." |
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Steven P. McNicoll wrote:
"TTA Cherokee Driver" wrote in message ... Sounds to me like pilots are a lot like farmers, sqawking for the gumbit to cut their taxes and stay out of their "self-reliant" way, while refusing to acknowledge (even to themselves) the massive government spending, protection, and subsidies that make their activity economically feasible. What is this massive government spending, protection, and subsidy that makes flying economically feasible and what is the source? Who pays to build and maintain all those airports we fly out of? Who pays to build and maintain all the navaids we depend on? Who pays for all those air traffic controllers that are available for us 24/7? etc. etc. If you honestly think the user fees you pay in taxes on your 100LL cover the cost of your use of this stuff, you are seriously fooling yourself. |
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"xyzzy" wrote in message ... Who pays to build and maintain all those airports we fly out of? We do. Who pays to build and maintain all the navaids we depend on? We do. Who pays for all those air traffic controllers that are available for us 24/7? We do. etc. etc. If you honestly think the user fees you pay in taxes on your 100LL cover the cost of your use of this stuff, you are seriously fooling yourself. Am I? The last figures I saw had user fees covering about 85% of these costs. Am I wrong? |
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"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message link.net... "Tony Cox" wrote in message link.net... I suspect the results would have been more illuminating had they included the Libertarians and Greens as options. How so? They'd both be included in the 19.79% that voted independent. Wrong, I'd bet the majority og the 19.79% voted either Dem or Republican in the last election. |
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Churchill was a smart man, but I don't agree with him on this one. The
point seems to be that one's personal needs become more important than the needs of the group after a certain age. I don't believe liberals are that brainless, nor conservatives that heartless. While it may happen to many people, for me it is nonsense. I am far more liberal---and sure of myself in choosing so---since I turned 30. Frankly since I began acquiring things like houses and airplanes, I have realized how important these things are and how short life is. I have realized that there is nothing magic about me that makes me deserve these things more than other people. I would rephrase it to say that anyone who is over 30 and is still a liberal has done some important thinking about their rights and responsibilities. Same goes for conservatives, I just don't agree with the conclusions they came to. Que sera sera. Actually, it's another from Winston Churchill (who as I remember changed political party himself, probably at age 30). "Any man who is under 30, and is not a liberal, has no heart; and any man who is over 30, and is not a conservative, has no brains." |
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Why is it that Liberals always feel guilty for what they have? And even
more worrisome is why do Liberals feel guilty for what OTHERS have and want to take it away from them and give it to someone who hasn't managed to earn and have much. There was a time when I didn't have anything. I worked hard and now I have things. I want to keep them. They're mine. I don't want Liberals to play Robin Hood with my stuff and give it to those not inclined to get their own stuff. Liberal govt has no legal right to take stuff from one group and give it to another. They have a right to take from us enough to operate govt and provide for our physical security. That's it. No Robin Hood stuff. They know that at some point we will have had enough and their **** will be in the wind. THAT is why they don't want us to have guns. We will use them to defend our stuff. Now THAT scares them Liberals. The very guiltless and Libertarian Otis W. "Musky" wrote in message ... Churchill was a smart man, but I don't agree with him on this one. The point seems to be that one's personal needs become more important than the needs of the group after a certain age. I don't believe liberals are that brainless, nor conservatives that heartless. While it may happen to many people, for me it is nonsense. I am far more liberal---and sure of myself in choosing so---since I turned 30. Frankly since I began acquiring things like houses and airplanes, I have realized how important these things are and how short life is. I have realized that there is nothing magic about me that makes me deserve these things more than other people. I would rephrase it to say that anyone who is over 30 and is still a liberal has done some important thinking about their rights and responsibilities. Same goes for conservatives, I just don't agree with the conclusions they came to. Que sera sera. Actually, it's another from Winston Churchill (who as I remember changed political party himself, probably at age 30). "Any man who is under 30, and is not a liberal, has no heart; and any man who is over 30, and is not a conservative, has no brains." |
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