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Re:France to tax flights from its airports, airline shares fall by namdnay on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @05:54PM (#20397056)
Most of these “taxes” aren’t really taxes in the sense of the tax on petrol or alcohol. They’re charges to cover the direct cost of flying, a bit like a toll road
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Re:France to tax flights from its airports, airline shares fall by nutjob2 on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @10:19PM (#20398693)
Taxes pay for roads and socialized medicine, in the case of petrol/alcohol/cigarette taxes. Just because they're not direct or itemized, doesn't mean they don't apply in a similar way.
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