[Vision2020] A few statistics

Ron Force rforce@moscow.com
Wed, 2 Apr 2003 10:26:29 -0800


Perhaps we should start referring to them as "Government Airlines". Then we
could discuss how they'd improve if they had to compete.

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Ron Force	      	  rforce@moscow.com
Moscow Idaho USA
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: vision2020-admin@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-admin@moscow.com]On
> Behalf Of Donovan Arnold
> Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 9:41 PM
> To: escape@alt-escape.com; vision2020@moscow.com
> Subject: RE: [Vision2020] A few statistics
>
>
> Bob,
>
> First, Airlines were in a slump long before 9/11.
> Second, many businesses have suffered from since then, should we
> subsubize
> all them too.
> Third, why not subsudize buses and low income people instead of ticket
> prices for the wealthy that fly all the time
> FOurth, If the airlines have not seen any of the money that Congress
> Appropiated them why don't they sue since that would be a violation of
> Federal Law.
> Fifth, why not support education and pay are soilders more money first
> Finally,how long do we continue to subsidize the the airlines before we
> stop?
>
> Donovan Arnold
>
>
>
>
>
>
> >From: Bob Hoffmann <escape@alt-escape.com>
> >To: <vision2020@moscow.com>
> >Subject: RE: [Vision2020] A few statistics
> >Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2003 21:24:18 -0800
> >
> >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
> >820 S. Logan St.
> >Moscow, ID  83843
> >
> >Tel: 208 883-0642
> >
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