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Forum: Internet Links Topic: The "costly" FAA shutdown started by: GORDON Posted by GORDON on Aug. 02 2011,17:53
< http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43988207/ns/travel-news/#.TjibPGFsyP4 >I keep hearing over and over how the FAA shutdown is "costing us a lot of money." Is it just me, or is that an outrageously disingenuous thing to say? The FAA shutdown is apparently saving us a lot of money in taxes not being sucked up by the government, and so far, no one has missed the FAA.... QUOTE A partisan stalemate that has partially shut down the Federal Aviation Administration will continue into September, stopping airport construction projects and depriving federal coffers of potentially more than $1 billion in uncollected ticket taxes, after congressional attempts to reach deal fell through on Tuesday. It's really just too bad that airports can't do their own construction projects without a government branch to be in charge. |