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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Verdana>Great idea!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Verdana></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Verdana>Let's make an experiment where we can put
hundreds of thousands of people at risk. There are too many people in the
world. This experiment would surely take care of a bit of that
problem.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Verdana></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Verdana>While we are at it let's see if we can do without
police, firepersons, EMTs, etc.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Verdana></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Verdana>w.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=jborden@datawedge.com
href="mailto:jborden@datawedge.com">Jay Borden</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Monday, July 25, 2011 5:53 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=thansen@moscow.com href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">Tom
Hansen</A> ; <A
title="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com CTRL + Click to follow link"
href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com">Moscow Vision 2020</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] Impasses lead to shutdown of
FAA</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">According
to the article, “the shutdown will not affect airline safety”… then what
exactly are these 4000 people that are on the payroll doing?
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">And…
do we need them? <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">(Generally,
I’m in favor of many of these government/agency shutdowns… you’ll never really
know how much government you can live without until you wake up and never even
realize it was missing)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Jay<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <A
href="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com">vision2020-bounces@moscow.com</A>
[mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Tom
Hansen<BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, July 23, 2011 8:53 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Moscow
Vision 2020<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Vision2020] Impasses lead to shutdown of
FAA<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Jus' another attempt by our friendly, people-oriented Tea . .
. er, uh . . . I mean Republican (it's gettin harder to tell them apart without
DNA) Party to shut down 'nother one of them commie pinko socialist
unions.<o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal>Courtesy of The Boston Globe at:<o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><A
href="http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2011/07/23/impasses_lead_to_shutdown_of_faa/?page=full">http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2011/07/23/impasses_lead_to_shutdown_of_faa/?page=full</A><o:p></o:p></P>
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<H1
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 16.5pt">Impasses
lead to shutdown of FAA<o:p></o:p></SPAN></H1>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15.75pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
class=apple-style-span><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">WASHINGTON - Efforts
to avert a shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration failed yesterday amid
a disagreement over a $16.5 million cut in subsidies to 13 rural communities,
ensuring that at midnight nearly 4,000 people will be temporarily out of work
and federal airline ticket taxes will be suspended.</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
class=apple-style-span><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15.75pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">Lawmakers were unable
to resolve a partisan dispute over an extension of the agency’s operating
authority.</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15.75pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
class=apple-style-span><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">The subsidy cut was
included by Republicans in a House bill extending operating authority for the
FAA, which has a $16 billion budget. Senate Democrats refused to accept the
House bill with the cuts, and Republican senators refused to accept a Democratic
bill without it. Lawmakers then adjourned for the weekend.</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
class=apple-style-span><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15.75pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">But underlying the
dispute on rural air service subsidies was a standoff between the GOP-controlled
House and the Democratic-controlled Senate over a provision in long-term funding
legislation for the FAA that would make it more difficult for airline and
railroad workers to unionize.</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15.75pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">Obama administration
officials have said the shutdown will not affect air safety. Air traffic
controllers will remain on the job. But airlines will lose the authority to
collect about $200 million a week in ticket taxes that go into a trust fund that
pays for FAA programs.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15.75pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">FAA employees whose
jobs are paid for with trust fund money will be furloughed, including nearly
1,000 workers at the agency’s headquarters in Washington, 647 workers at FAA’s
technology and research center in Atlantic City, and 124 workers at the agency’s
training center in Oklahoma City.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15.75pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">“These are real people
with families who do not deserve to be put out of work during these tough
economic times,’’ FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt said in a
statement.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15.75pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">Airline passengers
could see a big savings on their airfares, but the situation is complicated.
Federal taxes on a $300 round-trip airfare are about $61, but about half of that
is airport and security fees that will continue to be collected, according to
the Air Transport Association.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15.75pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">Airlines, alerted
earlier this week that FAA authority could expire, have been making adjustments
to their computer systems and websites so that at midnight, taxes will no longer
be added to airfares, the association said.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15.75pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">One airline, US
Airways, was already raising its fares. Other airlines may try to reap a
windfall profit from the tax holiday.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15.75pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">Passengers who bought
their tickets before the shutdown but who travel during the shutdown may wind up
due a refund, Treasury Department spokeswoman Sandra Salstrom said. That’s
because it’s not clear whether the government can keep taxes for travel that
takes place during a period when the government doesn’t have authority to
collect taxes, she said.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15.75pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">Likewise, it’s not
clear if passengers who buy tickets after midnight with no taxes included will
wind up owing taxes if their travel takes place after FAA’s operating authority
is restored, she said.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
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<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15.75pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">Long-term funding
authority for the FAA expired in 2007. Unable to agree on new long-term funding
legislation for the agency, Congress has kept the FAA operating through a series
of 20 short-term extension bills. The extensions had been routine until this
week.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15.75pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">The Senate passed a
long-term bill in February; and the House a different version in April.
Lawmakers have resolved most of the differences between the bills, but no
progress has been made on a half dozen or more controversial
issues.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15.75pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">Republicans said
Senate majority leader Harry Reid, a Nevada Democrat, is insisting that a labor
provision in the House bill sought by the airline industry must be dropped
before negotiations can go forward.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15.75pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">The labor provision
would overturn a National Mediation Board rule approved last year that allows
airline and railroad employees to form a union by a simple majority of those
voting. Under the old rule, workers who didn’t vote were treated as “no’’ votes.
The Republicans complain that the new rule reverses 75 years of precedent to
favor labor unions. Democrats and union officials say the change puts airline
and railroad elections under the same democratic rules required for unionizing
all other companies.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15.75pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">The White House warned
in March that President Obama might veto the bill if the labor provision is
retained.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15.75pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">Just before he blocked
the Democrats’ extension bill, Senator Orrin Hatch, a Utah Republican, said he
shared House Republicans’ frustration “that favors to organized labor have
overshadowed the prospects for long-term FAA’’
funding.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15.75pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">Another unresolved
issue involves about $200 million in air services subsidies to rural
communities. The program was created when airlines were deregulated in 1978 to
ensure continued air service on less profitable routes to isolated communities.
The House long-term FAA bill would eliminate the program except for airports in
Alaska.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal>Seeya round town, Moscow.<o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal>Tom Hansen<o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal>Moscow, Idaho<o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal>"The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects
it to change <SPAN class=apple-style-span>and the Realist adjusts his
sails."</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>- Unknown<o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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