P000155
Saturday, January 26, 2002 10:28 AM
Bail Out for Victims
You say the bail-out is necessary to keep the airline industry afloat. The only Airline that would have been sued was American Airlines and if you were familiar with their financial sheet you would wonder if that carrier was worth a bail-out. When Jimmy Carter signed the trucking de-regulation bill I was a division manager of a major truckline. That bill effectively bankrupted the Common Carrier Industry. No one came along and bailed us out. I saw many of my friends and associates lose their homes, boats, cars, and yes----the wives as a result of that. It is fainly clear to everyone that the only reason there is a bail-out of American Airlines is that Sen Tom Daschel's wife is a lobbyist for American Airlines. Politics as usual.
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