the thugs learn quick. they are doing to the FAA what they just did with debt ceiling.

[spanone]

our way or fuck you.


Congress leaves DC, keeping FAA in limbo

The government is likely to lose more than $1 billion in airline ticket taxes because lawmakers have left town for a month without resolving a partisan standoff over a bill to end the partial shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration.

The government has lost more than $200 million because airlines are unable to collect taxes on ticket sales because the FAA's operating authority has expired. The Senate recessed Tuesday until September, erasing any possibility for quickly resolving the issue. The House left Monday night.

Caught up in the partisan acrimony are nearly 4,000 FAA employees who have been furloughed, although air traffic controllers remain on the job.

The debacle could have had an upside for airline passengers because ticket taxes, which typically average about $30 on a $300 round-trip fare, are suspended during the shutdown. But airlines decided to pocket the windfall. Within hours of the shutdown, most airlines raised their fares by amounts equivalent to the taxes that disappeared.



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[tsuki]

1. Shut down the planes. The airlines will get the Teabaggers back to DC. nt

[lib2DaBone]

2. President Obama has set a precedent....

The Repukes know they can hold the economy hostage and demand anything they want... and Obama will cave to them.

As I understand it.. this whole FAA thing is about the Republicans desire to kill all union activity at the airlines.

And you know what? They will get it... they will bust all unions and smash workers down to minimum wage. All with Mr. Obama's blessing.