I am not in the mood to get anymore posts from people leaving because we get in a fight again, so I am staying out of this In a message dated 8/12/2003 8:10:52 AM Pacific Daylight Time, damiross2@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: << In any case, it is absurd to pay 25 to 30 percent taxes on an airilne ticket. The money doesn't go to the aviation industry - it goes, for the most part, to the general fund. No country ever taxed itself into prosperity. The taxes are way to high. Between federal and state income taxes, gasoline tax, sales tax, airline ticket taxes, telephone taxes (which should have gone away a long time ago because their purpose (to give phone service to rurual America) is no longer needed), alcohol taxes, cigarette taxes, double taxation of dividends, death taxes, etc., etc., etc., you are lucky it keep 40% of your salary. Unless, of course, you are on welfare in which case everyone else is giving you a free lunch. >>