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Major Nikon

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7. They already do

Reply to Fresh_Start (Reply #2)

Fri Mar 22, 2013, 04:39 PM

Mar 2013

Taxes on commercial airline tickets and fuel taxes already generate about 70% of the FAA's total operating budget of about $15 billion. The taxpayer contributes about $5 billion in the general fund for the FAA. Aviation contributes about $1.3 trillion to the US economy. Small investment. Big return.

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