"
Extortion in the Skies" is how columnist Debra Saunders describes the FAA's 'sequester' cuts causing unnecessary flight cancellations and delays for many travelers. The Obama administration's response to complaints:
If you don't like it, make Congress raise more taxes. But, argues Saunders,
...it's not as if these folks haven't paid taxes. Taxes and fees on domestic travel
can represent some 20 percent of the cost of a ticket. The flying public
gets to pay the full freight and in return gets deliberately
slowed-down traffic.
At least cartoonists are finding humor in the administration's childish behavior.
"Extortion in the Skies" is how columnist Debra Saunders describes the FAA's 'sequester' cuts causing unnecessary flight cancellations and delays for many travelers. The Obama administration's response to complaints: If you don't like it, make Congress raise more taxes. But, argues Saunders,
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