Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2011 8:53 pm
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....
It's really just too bad that airports can't do their own construction projects without a government branch to be in charge.
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....
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.