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Hawkeye-X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 01:40 PM Original message |
Ok. Airlines are being forced to put up fees. Fuck it - I say NATIONALIZE the airline industry |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
1. That makes sense. (So it'll never happen) |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
2. Hey I'm all for it |
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aspergris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
3. easy |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
4. It's long overdiue. Taxpayers have 'invested' billions in the airlines and got NO EQUITY. |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
5. There was a time when the airline industry was regulated. |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 02:28 PM Response to Reply #5 |
17. deregulation caused long term problems, but it didn't directly cause fares to go up |
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DangerDave921 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 04:28 PM Response to Reply #5 |
58. Couple things |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 09:19 AM Response to Reply #5 |
104. I was a TWA pilot then. |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 12:38 PM Response to Reply #104 |
128. TWA was the bomb... I remember getting stuck in a blizzard in St. Louis |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
6. We do need to recognize that the industry is simple unsustainable. Look at every other nation... |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 02:40 PM Response to Reply #6 |
22. fact check: Air France, El AL, Aer Lingus, QANTAS are all mostly privately owned |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 03:17 PM Response to Reply #22 |
33. Clarification: |
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billyoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
7. The airlines should certainly be nationalized. |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
8. At this point, that is the least expensive option.. |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
9. No one is forcing the airlines to put up most of the new fees, like the one for checked baggage. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 02:06 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. maybe they'll start attatching these to all the seats: |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
10. before we have to bail them out again after they file Ch 13 (11 or 7) they should be nationalized |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
11. Everyone likes their own consolidation of power |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 02:11 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. the wto represents the best effort at a 'new world order' since the sun set on the british empire. |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
12. Yeah |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 02:02 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Yeah, because we don't give shit to our rail industry. |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 02:31 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. What is your argument? |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 02:46 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Neither. Competition is fine. But passenger trains do NOT make money...not in this day and age. |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 02:57 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. If passenger trains don't make money |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 03:00 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. What an imbecilic thought! |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 03:37 PM Response to Reply #30 |
36. Answer the question |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 03:44 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. But they do want something. |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 03:51 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. It is not enough for something to be wanted |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 04:00 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. You don't need a f***ing roadster! You technically need 4 functional wheels AND a road. |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 04:07 PM Response to Reply #45 |
49. What gives you the right to define what I need? |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 04:15 PM Response to Reply #49 |
53. I didn't say that and you goddamn know it. |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 04:17 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. You certainly did |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 08:02 AM Response to Reply #54 |
82. I think the question would more aptly be... |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 08:43 AM Response to Reply #54 |
87. Well if you're going to take it to context tell the living members of this "fascist group" the same. |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 10:49 AM Response to Reply #42 |
121. Actually, in most of the country, people *CAN'T* rationally choose train service. |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 12:01 AM Response to Reply #36 |
74. Then build your own fucking roads |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 12:50 PM Response to Reply #74 |
132. Seriously. People need to put down the Free Market Koolaid once in a while. |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 12:48 PM Response to Reply #36 |
130. Yep. If ambulances are losing money because not enough people are using them |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 03:42 PM Response to Reply #30 |
39. Japanese rail is privately owned |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 03:56 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. You read my mind |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 04:01 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Look at it closer. |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 04:10 PM Response to Reply #46 |
51. I would agree |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 04:17 PM Response to Reply #51 |
55. There are roads in the middle of nowhere that hardly give profit to the podunk towns they connect. |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 04:22 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. Yes |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 08:49 AM Response to Reply #56 |
94. I'd like to see an example of this Randian gloriousness where it worked out. |
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wvbygod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 09:01 AM Response to Reply #56 |
101. You have to be kidding |
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RadiationTherapy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 04:40 PM Response to Reply #55 |
61. Socialism, Libertarianism, Socialism, Libertarianism, Socialism, Libertarianism, |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 08:55 PM Response to Reply #61 |
66. By whom? |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 08:45 AM Response to Reply #66 |
91. Logic. |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 09:00 AM Response to Reply #61 |
100. I'm not really too much of a Socialist. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 11:50 PM Response to Reply #39 |
71. Not quite |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 06:43 PM Response to Reply #29 |
65. ??? |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 11:25 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. Well then |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 05:04 AM Response to Reply #67 |
79. I'm taking out east in the spring. |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 08:44 AM Response to Reply #79 |
89. I've said it before I'll say it again: |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 12:53 PM Response to Reply #89 |
133. Yay me! |
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MicaelS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 08:45 AM Response to Reply #29 |
90. For effective passenger rail service |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 08:48 AM Response to Reply #90 |
92. and for that you need money. |
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MicaelS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 08:58 AM Response to Reply #92 |
98. Friend, your preaching to the choir |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 09:29 AM Response to Reply #98 |
108. I don't know how much they make off us us. |
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MicaelS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 09:31 AM Response to Reply #108 |
109. Yes I was |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 09:34 AM Response to Reply #109 |
110. Good on you. |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 09:20 AM Response to Reply #29 |
105. Great idea - then you can start with the multi-billiiion dollar SUBSIDIZED airline industry... |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 12:42 PM Response to Reply #29 |
129. Bogus argument... if rail could provide fast transport when and where people want to go |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 01:11 PM Response to Reply #129 |
135. Thank you for your informed and true response. |
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AllieB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 02:33 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. That's because federal funds were drastically cut. |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 02:34 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Why does Amtrak need public funds? |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 02:47 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Why can't the fire department or libraries? |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 03:34 PM Response to Reply #24 |
34. Public Goods Versus Private Goods |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 03:36 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Well then passenger rail would be a "Public Good" |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 03:39 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. It's not |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 03:45 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. I suggest that you read up on rail. |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 03:55 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. You need to read up on rail |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 04:02 PM Response to Reply #43 |
47. Bullshit. |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 04:13 PM Response to Reply #47 |
52. Geographically, the US is not Europe or Japan |
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DangerDave921 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 04:41 PM Response to Reply #52 |
62. Yup |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 08:52 AM Response to Reply #62 |
96. That's going to change if gas prices continue the way they are going and Amtrak gets funding |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 09:38 AM Response to Reply #52 |
111. and population dispersion will change. Gas prices are seeing to that. |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 09:26 AM Response to Reply #21 |
106. Why do the AIRLINES need BILLIONS in subsidies? |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 02:55 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. As an Amtrak employee I find that a little offensive. |
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AllieB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 04:08 PM Response to Reply #27 |
50. No offense intended. |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 01:09 PM Response to Reply #50 |
134. The latest one seems to have done semi-good. |
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RedLetterRev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
14. Nationalize? That's long overdue. Or just let them go bust. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 02:30 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. "Or just let them go bust" - reminder that tens of thousands of ppl work for those companies |
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RedLetterRev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 03:06 PM Response to Reply #18 |
31. Honestly I have no problem |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 09:29 AM Response to Reply #18 |
107. Too bad - nobody cared about the HUNDREDS of THOUSANDS who worked in STEEL... |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 02:53 PM Response to Reply #14 |
26. Let them go bust |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
25. According to the good folks at airliners.net, the Spanish government is investigating these fees. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
28. Hope you enjoy your $600 New York-Chicago flight, running twice daily. |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 04:32 PM Response to Reply #28 |
59. Everything would run through Minneapolis, Oberstar chairs the house transportation |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 11:52 PM Response to Reply #59 |
72. Oh geeze, what is this, snide libertarian greedhead pile-on day? |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 08:18 AM Response to Reply #72 |
83. It wasn't good then either. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 08:49 AM Response to Reply #83 |
93. It's not a bizarre set of hops now? |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 09:00 AM Response to Reply #93 |
99. Nowhere near as bad as back then. |
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hogwyld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 11:03 AM Response to Reply #99 |
125. I would trade a day or two of traveling "ease" |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 04:44 PM Response to Reply #28 |
63. ah, someone else who remembers the not so good old days |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 09:03 AM Response to Reply #63 |
102. Another old timer with a good memory. |
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Mr. Blonde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
32. Why not just not bail them out next time |
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insleeforprez (321 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
38. It's because owning an airline is romantic. |
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DangerDave921 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
48. Yes Yes Yes! |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 12:14 AM Response to Reply #48 |
76. Oh sure, use ridiculous examples |
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DangerDave921 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 06:29 AM Response to Reply #76 |
81. of course it's ridiculous |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 08:43 AM Response to Reply #81 |
86. Some are good; some are not |
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Hawkowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
57. Could I get a federal pension? |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 04:32 PM Response to Reply #57 |
60. How much do you make? |
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Hawkowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 05:48 PM Response to Reply #60 |
64. Yes. |
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Imagevision (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 11:39 PM Response to Original message |
68. Only a matter of time when the planes start falling from the skies because of |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 11:41 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. People would stop flying |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 10:13 AM Response to Reply #68 |
115. There were zero deaths due to accidents on commercial airlines last year and so far this year |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 11:45 PM Response to Original message |
70. Anyone remember the '70s?? |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 11:57 PM Response to Reply #70 |
73. Yee-up |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 12:12 AM Response to Reply #70 |
75. I remember them, Just not the way you do. |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 10:45 AM Response to Reply #75 |
120. Most intelligent and fact-based post I have seen in a LONG while nt |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 08:21 AM Response to Reply #70 |
84. And it cost a fortune to fly back then. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 08:44 AM Response to Reply #84 |
88. People still got around |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 08:51 AM Response to Reply #88 |
95. You mean the wealthy still got around. |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 10:33 AM Response to Reply #95 |
118. Those were the best vacations ever. I saw most of the country before I was 10. |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 10:50 AM Response to Reply #118 |
122. Same here. |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 10:54 AM Response to Reply #122 |
123. MY dad taught public school so summers were the perfect time to see the country |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 12:29 PM Response to Reply #118 |
126. My father was a Lutheran pastor, and he always negotiated for four weeks of vacation |
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fed_up_mother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 09:38 AM Response to Reply #70 |
112. CARTER started deregulation, including airlines - not Reagan |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 10:18 AM Response to Reply #70 |
117. The Airline Deregulation Act was passed by Congress and signed into law by the President in 1978: |
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Jack_DeLeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 04:24 AM Response to Original message |
77. How about we just let the airline industry die out... |
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MicaelS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 08:56 AM Response to Reply #77 |
97. Won't work as you envision |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 04:30 AM Response to Original message |
78. Do you really want the ruling party to control air travel in America even more? |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 05:15 AM Response to Original message |
80. Aeroflot. n/t |
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Egalitariat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 08:38 AM Response to Original message |
85. That way service would be better and fares would be cheaper** |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
103. Great idea! Government employees running air travel. What could possibly go wrong? |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 10:34 AM Response to Reply #103 |
119. Think FEMA |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 12:32 PM Response to Reply #119 |
127. FEMA did fine (think Grand Forks) until the Republicans took over |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 02:59 PM Response to Reply #127 |
136. Of course |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 04:18 PM Response to Reply #136 |
137. If you can guarantee that private sector companies will never be controlled |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 10:55 AM Response to Reply #103 |
124. It looks like you want to nationalize to lower the pay of about 5000 people |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
113. As a retired airline pilot, I am 100% in favor of nationalizing the airlines. |
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bdab1973 (597 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 12:49 PM Response to Reply #113 |
131. Southwest Airlines... |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
114. No - just enforce antitrust laws and remove the monopoly-type power that hubs have. (nt) |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
116. Mass transit, Resources (Oil) and Healthcare and Daycare need to be nationalized like crazy |
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