The FAA gathers taxes per person, not per plane. So a commercial flight has every single passenger paying, while a private jet only pays for a few people. But the air traffic controllers aren’t handling individual people; They’re handling planes. So private jets fund the ATC a lot less than commercial flights, even though they have just as much need.
This video says Canada taxes planes based on weight rating and distance traveled. So larger planes that can carry heavier loads (more people) get taxed more, while smaller planes (private jets) get taxed less. But they’re proportionally paying the same in taxes, instead of the rich people paying less.
AmbitiousProcess@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
Cruxifux@feddit.nl 3 weeks ago
That’s. So. Fucked.
Is shit like this doesnt radicalize you then you are lost as a human. Unsavablle.
sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 3 weeks ago
My man... This bow everything into the US works.
The peasants pay and the rich free ride. He wouldn't be the big man if he had to pay... Would he now?
If only the normie cared to accept these facts as their reality.
ComradeMiao@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Of all the things you think the line is FAA tax, lol
Zorque@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
So not really the flights themselves, just the regulation overseeing the flights.
sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 3 weeks ago
Parasite wrote the rules so they can leech.