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Jason Peterson wrote:
The local small airport near me was bought by the government to stop it from being bought by a home builder. Now tell me that it is the free market at work there. The land is worth millions, but the government wants to keep it an airport. I guess government spending is not so bad after all!!! Free markets are a good in a great many ways, but they are far from perfect. Basic infrastructure is one area where they fall down. If we only got roads and bridges from a free market economy, you would only have paved roads between major urban centers and nothing in the country. Likewise with power and communication services. Same with airports. Another area where free markets would fail us would be pollution. Government involvement is necessary in certain areas, but I believe we have moved beyond those areas and that is the problem. Matt |
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"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote: Am I? The last figures I saw had user fees covering about 85% of these costs. Am I wrong? Most of it comes from taxes on airline tickets. The average G/A guy who flys a Cessna 182 100 hours a year doesn't begin to pay for the system. |
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You mean there is a difference between Democrats and Republicans besides
which state the accent is from? "Chicken Bone" wrote in news.com: Flightinfo.com asked for pilots political orientation. Results: Democrat 22.97% Republican 57.24% Ind. 19.79% http://forums.flightinfo.com/showthr...threadid=21699 |
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Correct. They want to just take other peoples assets and keep them.
"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in ink.net: "Peter Gottlieb" wrote in message et... And the "conservatives" are different, how? Conservatives don't want to take other peoples assets and redistribute them. |
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On Sat, 17 Apr 2004 11:34:05 GMT, "Steven P. McNicoll"
wrote: "Pete" wrote in message t.com... Conservatives are a bunch of lying liars. You've bought the propaganda. Ha. No doubt about that. He's using Al Franken phrases, for goodness sake. Ricky |
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"Matthew S. Whiting" wrote: The average G/A guy who flys a Cessna 182 100 hours a year doesn't begin to pay for the system. But he doesn't need much of the system either. He needs a few grass runways, and a good map and compass! :-) Matt Well, although that may be true for you, there are lots of Cessna 182's that make a lot of instrument approaches at airports with control towers. Or, even instrument approaches at airports without control towers; all supported by center equipment, controllers, FAA approach designers, expensive flight inspections, etc., etc. |
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