FAA tax Computation Table

Much has been said about the fact that the expansions at FLL and Port Everglades are not going to require taxpayer dollars. Port Everglades, however is exploring avenues to raise public money for much of its expansion. FLL says, "Don't worry. The FAA is footing the bill for the runway expansion".

The FAA gets its' money through assessments on every passenger that enters or leaves an airport in the US via an airline, and through surcharges to the airlines that the airlines quite happily pass on to the passengers. Who will ultimately pay for the expansion? Our grand-children's grand-children will still be paying when we have been forgotten except for the fact that we didn't do enough to stop the expansion.

For those who think the FAA is paying for airport expansion, here is how they get the funds to do so:

* These figures are from a bygone era and will only get higher.

I have started a petition to stop this profligate nonsense, and I am looking for 10000 signatures to show the FAA that people are tired of being shoved around at the whim of elected officials. Please go here to sign the petition: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/petition/240985441

Thank you. By signing the petition you will be adding your voice to help the people who will be displaced by the runway expansion. This includes people whose homes are in the flight path, people whose homes are within the excrucuating noise level areas whose homes are to be insulated against sound, but not their backyard living areas, and people in mobile home parks that will lose their homes because the mobile homes cannot be adequately insulated against the noise.