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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Raymond Duray who wrote (258859)	5/27/2002 3:31:13 PM
From: Gordon A. Langston	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

For more than a decade the federal Airport and Airway Trust Fund has been collected but, for the most part, unspent. General aviation pilots pay into the trust fund "at the pump" through a special federal tax on fuel, while airline passengers contribute through an excise tax on airline tickets. The surplus is expected to total $12 billion next year. Probably enough to get secure doors on airliners, ...at least.....and easily could have happened before 9-11....especially since we really only had factual evidence of hijackings, not homicidal takeovers like WTC. Think the airlines deserve a little of the heat you so happily pour on government? I'm sure you do.