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Aviation has always been implicitly or explicitly state supported. Worrying about the market is just a farce. Think about how research is done, the aircraft ma
by tehjoker 6y ago
Aviation has always been implicitly or explicitly state supported. Worrying about the market is just a farce.
Think about how research is done, the aircraft makers get fat on their defense grants, airport land and infrastructure are built with subsidies, the transportation to and from the airport are usually public buses, metro, or public roads, the regulation of airspace by the FAA is taxpayer funded, the security theater is provided by DHS, it goes on and on. Only the most visible part of the system is really "deregulated" and run by people trying to make money. Even then they get bailed out whenever they whimper.
- bcrosby95 6y agoThen what mode of transit isn't implicitly or explicitly state supported? Even when I walk somewhere I use the sidewalk.
- henryfjordan 6y agoBoating? But that's kinda the GP's point, that the state WANTS you to be able to travel. Travel encourages trade, which generates more tax revenue. Of course the govt will support any sufficiently large mode of travel.
- storyinmemo 6y agoBoating? NOAA, Coast Guard, charting work, navigation buoys, harbor masters, etc.
- mcpherrinm 6y agoHarbours, anchorages, canals, dredged channels, breakwaters
- classified 6y agoThe risk that sidewalks won't recover is just as low.