Actions have consequences: FAA furlough's 4,000 workers, airport maintenance halted & airlines raise untaxed rates (Harry Reid, Reid)

[JoeP]

Two key points:

1 Republicans claim they are holding the FAA reauthorization hostage in order to cut $16.5 million in funding for a small number of rural airports.

And guess whose districts are included:

[The cuts target airports in the home states of Harry Reid, Jay Rockefeller and Max Baucus—the Senate Majority Leader, the Chair of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, and the Chair of the Finance Committee. So it's "buckle to our anti-union agenda or your rural constituents get it."

BUT the charade is costing cities, air travelers and ultimately tax payers -

this pretend effort to cut $16.5 million from the budget is costing the U.S. $30 million each day. That's $150 million per week. $600 million per month.

So a fake effort to save money is costing more - a lot more in the real world.

2) If government cuts taxes on business, they will pass the savings on to consumers.

Fliers irked as airlines pocket suspended FAA taxes - USATODAY.com

The suspended taxes could save passengers 10% to 15% on their ticket prices, but most U.S. carriers have boosted fares to the levels ticket prices would have been with the taxes still in place, allowing the airlines to take in roughly an extra $25 million a day

2 key conservative concepts imploding before.

FAA mess disproves two key conservative tenets