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I don't think we need to ban private jets. It should just be more expensive to use them. Take Taylor Swift as an example. Is she meant to fly commercial? How w

by jmyeet 3y ago

I don't think we need to ban private jets. It should just be more expensive to use them. Take Taylor Swift as an example. Is she meant to fly commercial? How would that work exactly? She'd get mobbed at the airport, at security, at the gate, on the plane. Just look at what happened when Taylor Swift went to a friend's rehearsal diner in New Jersey recently [1]. It would be a legitimate security issue too. The last one is why many executives of large companies (eg Tim Cook) are banned by their boards from flying commercial. So, stop making private jets any form of legitimate tax deduction. Give them absolutely no tax advantageous treatment whatsoever. Increase the fuel excises, landing fees, parking fees, you name it. When the amortized flying cost of that jet jumps from $10k/hour to $30k/hour, we'll see who still needs to fly private. Oh and as for working 4 days a week. Yes. Most jobs are bullshit. Most work is bullshit. Work less, get paid more. [1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUjXdKEVoBg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUjXdKEVoBg

gruez 3y ago
>So, stop making private jets any form of legitimate tax deduction. Give them absolutely no tax advantageous treatment whatsoever. AFAIK there's no such "advantageous treatment" for private jets. They're are tax-deductible in the same way that plane tickets (or any other business expense, really) are tax deductible.
- kelnos 3y ago
  That could change, though. The tax code could have a carve-out that says use of a private plane can't be counted as an ordinary business expense (or cap it at some amount, or some percentage of the cost).
  - PM_me_your_math 3y ago
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  - gruez 3y ago
    > The tax code could have a carve-out that says use of a private plane can't be counted as an ordinary business expense Seems like a weird way of doing it, considering that such a change wouldn't affect paying for such flights individually. After all, it's not like a company funded jet emits more co2 than a personally funded jet. If your concern is co2 emissions, you should just tax co2 directly, not through weird carveouts.
timbit42 3y ago
She could make do with commercial flights. Just give her a private boarding to first class.
jemmyw 3y ago
What do people expect to happen when they mob a celebrity like that? Like what's the point? They're not going to perform a show for you while waiting in an airport lounge. I can understand the reverent fan who attends every concert and goes out of their way to do so, and I can understand (in a way) the psychopath who wants to take home their body parts, but I cannot understand the fan that wants to ... fill in blank here ... by mobbing and getting in the face of their idol.
wmf 3y ago
When the amortized flying cost of that jet jumps from $10k/hour to $30k/hour, we'll see who still needs to fly private. I wonder if that would make the PR problem worse by more starkly highlighting extreme inequality.

by jmyeet 3y ago

gruez 3y ago

>So, stop making private jets any form of legitimate tax deduction. Give them absolutely no tax advantageous treatment whatsoever. AFAIK there's no such "advantageous treatment" for private jets. They're are tax-deductible in the same way that plane tickets (or any other business expense, really) are tax deductible.

kelnos 3y ago
That could change, though. The tax code could have a carve-out that says use of a private plane can't be counted as an ordinary business expense (or cap it at some amount, or some percentage of the cost).
- PM_me_your_math 3y ago
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- gruez 3y ago
  > The tax code could have a carve-out that says use of a private plane can't be counted as an ordinary business expense Seems like a weird way of doing it, considering that such a change wouldn't affect paying for such flights individually. After all, it's not like a company funded jet emits more co2 than a personally funded jet. If your concern is co2 emissions, you should just tax co2 directly, not through weird carveouts.

timbit42 3y ago

She could make do with commercial flights. Just give her a private boarding to first class.

jemmyw 3y ago

What do people expect to happen when they mob a celebrity like that? Like what's the point? They're not going to perform a show for you while waiting in an airport lounge. I can understand the reverent fan who attends every concert and goes out of their way to do so, and I can understand (in a way) the psychopath who wants to take home their body parts, but I cannot understand the fan that wants to ... fill in blank here ... by mobbing and getting in the face of their idol.

wmf 3y ago

When the amortized flying cost of that jet jumps from $10k/hour to $30k/hour, we'll see who still needs to fly private. I wonder if that would make the PR problem worse by more starkly highlighting extreme inequality.