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Article: U.S.-REPORT: TAXPAYERS ARE SUBSIDIZING PRIVATE JETS OF THE RICH
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- Inter Press Service English News Wire
- Article date:
- June 25, 2008
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Abid Aslam
Inter Press Service English News Wire
06-25-2008
WASHINGTON, Jun. 25, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Egalitarian activists are
accusing users of private jets of flying high at the expense of the
environment, the national air traffic system and lower-class
taxpayers.
"The private jet is one of the most powerful symbols of extreme
inequality," according to Essential Action and the Institute for
Policy Studies. The research and advocacy groups' report on private
jets was denounced by the business aviation industry as a
"political screed" riddled with inaccuracy.
The very rich breeze through congested airports and luxuriate
in their own aircraft while the general public contends with long
lines, ...