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"Chicken Bone" wrote in message news.com... Flightinfo.com asked for pilots political orientation. Results: Democrat 22.97% Republican 57.24% Ind. 19.79% I suspect the results would have been more illuminating had they included the Libertarians and Greens as options. |
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"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. |
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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. Because "Ind." it isn't "Independent", its "Individual candidates/issues". In any case, I don't think of the Libs or Greens "independent." I'd have expected those who chose Libertarian would be a substantially higher proportion than the general population and the Greens substantially lower. Pilots are a self-reliant independent bunch, keen on driving machines whose gas consumption puts SUV's to shame. |
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"Tony Cox" wrote in message link.net... Because "Ind." it isn't "Independent", its "Individual candidates/issues". Big deal. Isn't an Independent a person that votes for individual candidates and/or issues? The choices in this poll are essentially Democrat, Republican, and Other. |
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Tony Cox wrote:
"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message link.net... "Tony Cox" wrote in message thlink.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. Because "Ind." it isn't "Independent", its "Individual candidates/issues". In any case, I don't think of the Libs or Greens "independent." I'd have expected those who chose Libertarian would be a substantially higher proportion than the general population and the Greens substantially lower. Pilots are a self-reliant independent bunch, 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. (ducking) |
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"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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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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"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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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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