[Vision2020] A few statistics

[Bob Hoffmann]

At 01:39 PM 4/1/2003 -0800, Bill Strand wrote:

>Im a bit uncertain as to why we are suddenly picking on the airlines. You 
>cant swing a dead cat without hitting a subsidized entity. My tax dollars 
>help pay the salaries of a lot of people on this list. How about farm 
>subsidies? Who pays for the roads you drive on?

First, few airlines have seen a dime of the alluded subsidies.  Second, 
because of the extraordinary drop in passenger traffic after 9/11, 
exacerbated by an economic slump which is now exacerbated by a war with an 
uncertain end, the airline industry finds itself in a rather unique, but 
temporary, pinch.  Airline loan guarantees are supposed to be a temporary 
measure, and I suspect they will be.  I'm not opposed to the government 
helping out in such manners, in such situations.


Bob Hoffmann
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