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    Barrett50 replied to the thread DOGE and the FAA.
    Funny enough, I bought a yacht this year. Here's something for you to chew on. I paid more in taxes this year(incl state sales tax) than...
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    Barrett50 replied to the thread DOGE and the FAA.
    So, is $50B in waste not worth eliminating? What is your threshold for wasteful spending by a govt? My threshold is zero. None, nada...
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    Barrett50 reacted to StraightnLevel's post in the thread DOGE and the FAA with Like Like.
    ...and here is the share of taxes paid by the top 1% and bottom half over time: Your argument does not hold water. In fact, the top...
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    Barrett50 reacted to wanttaja's post in the thread DOGE and the FAA with Like Like.
    Certainly true. But the *Agencies* involved were dissolved...those specific Federal programs were dismantled, the bureaucracy broken...
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    Barrett50 replied to the thread Update on Catalina Baron crash.
    They can leave, just not by aircraft. The runway has been closed. Ergo, the Piggly Wiggly parking lot has been closed. Leave by other...
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    Barrett50 replied to the thread Update on Catalina Baron crash.
    Would welcome opinions with a valid law degree in hand. Sans law degree I will give the opinion all the attention it deserves.:cheerswine:
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    Barrett50 replied to the thread Update on Catalina Baron crash.
    So, College Park MD(strange, I've been there) is publicly owned, and open to the public. MY Personal airport is PRIVATELY OWNED, open to...
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    Barrett50 replied to the thread Update on Catalina Baron crash.
    I know. I've been there many times. I've driven the road from the airport to the town in a small jitney(in the late 80s), and it's a...
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    Barrett50 reacted to 455 Bravo Uniform's post in the thread DOGE and the FAA with Like Like.
    To your graph, it costs money to have nice things. The PVC chairs and ice chest that I used for my family room chairs and coffee table...
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    Barrett50 replied to the thread DOGE and the FAA.
    I don't know where you get that 'suggestion'. I was and even stated I'm talking about history. Ron expressed that many govt jobs 'went...
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    Barrett50 replied to the thread DOGE and the FAA.
    I get that you have a different ax to grind. Stay on the course, and open your own thread about 'those in need'. I can define $10B right...
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    Barrett50 replied to the thread DOGE and the FAA.
    History reminded me that we had a war to support, and then fight. Many of those labor positions converted within 12 months to soldiers...
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    Barrett50 replied to the thread DOGE and the FAA.
    You are determined to get this thread shut down I see. Can you related your concern back to wasteful govt spending cuts? Please?
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    Barrett50 replied to the thread DOGE and the FAA.
    A nation cannot tax itself to prosperity. We don't have a taxation problem in the US, and even if we did, the tinkering with tax rates...
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    Barrett50 replied to the thread The "Back in my day" Thread.
    Don't start. If you know what these are. it was cold - it was dark - and it will last the rest of your life.
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