On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 12:50 PM, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Cam-man wrote: >> All of this spreads to cost out over a much wider group of people than >> just those who buy left handed smoke shifters. > > Not following you. Let's take the airlines. > > The "FARs" or fed aviation regs are numerous and include audits, > auditors, et al. > > The public pays for this regulation in 2 forms: the cost of a ticket, > and income tax to cover the cost of the FAA.
This is a great example. The cost of aviation is spread very far beyond people who use the service. Executtive from "Left Handed Smoke Shifters Inc" (LHSSI) flies to a business meeting in Toledo - cost of ticket (which contains regulatory cost) is passed to anyone who buys a Left Handed Smoke Shifter. Raw materials and finished goods of LHSSI are flown to and from destinations and incur aviation regulatory costs passed along to consumers. Or LHSII decides not to pass the cost to consumers... Employee of LHSSI doesn't get pay raise. Can't buy a new iPod - more impact. Or LHSSI decides to lower the dividends it's paying to all those "rich people". Retirement funds get less money, pensions of 80 year old grandma's suffer. Yes, great example. -Cameron ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:268479 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
