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US Congressmen: Drop baggage fees to cut airport congestion
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Topic Started: May 13 2016, 02:34 AM (1,445 Views)
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CautionaryTales
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May 13 2016, 04:01 PM
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Cause and effect friend. They charge for luggage checking and the customers reacted. I thought you liked the free market in action?
Pro-tip - what happens when you gate check bags and not get charged? You bypass security. Checkmate marxist. Checkmate?
We are talking about the free market and how a business will use anything it can to increase their profit. I'm not even saying that is a bad thing. I'm saying it is a thing. Whether it's good or bad is up to the consumer and his or her advocates to negotiate.
Checkmate? Not hardly son.
Also... You run that bag through the security line. That's hardly a bypass of security.
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May 13 2016, 04:07 PM
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Pro-tip - what happens when you gate check bags and not get charged? You bypass security. Checkmate marxist.
Checkmate? We are talking about the free market and how a business will use anything it can to increase their profit. I'm not even saying that is a bad thing. I'm saying it is a thing. Whether it's good or bad is up to the consumer and his or her advocates to negotiate. Checkmate? Not hardly son. Also... You run that bag through the security line. That's hardly a bypass of security. Christ you're daft.
The airlines do not have to manage the security process when you gate check bags.
That is why they charge the 25,35 whatever when they do.
There is also that included TSA and 9/11 fee.
Southwest airlines decided to absorb the cost into the ticket - that's the free market at work. It is not the work of the free market to pass on government induced overhead to the consumer.
And a passive knock on profit again - fecking marxist.
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May 13 2016, 04:24 PM
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So in your mind correlation proves causation.
So what if it does correlate? Will change your position on government intervention in the marketplace? Nope. It does correlate, that doesn't mean that it caused it. That would be like your being diagnosed with cancer on a day it was raining, and concluding that rain must cause cancer.
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May 13 2016, 04:29 PM
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Checkmate? We are talking about the free market and how a business will use anything it can to increase their profit. I'm not even saying that is a bad thing. I'm saying it is a thing. Whether it's good or bad is up to the consumer and his or her advocates to negotiate. Checkmate? Not hardly son. Also... You run that bag through the security line. That's hardly a bypass of security.
Christ you're daft. The airlines do not have to manage the security process when you gate check bags. That is why they charge the 25,35 whatever when they do. There is also that included TSA and 9/11 fee. Southwest airlines decided to absorb the cost into the ticket - that's the free market at work. It is not the work of the free market to pass on government induced overhead to the consumer. And a passive knock on profit again - fecking marxist. They charge what they can get. Southwest decided to forego the charge in order to boost their business. It wasn't some "gift"
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May 13 2016, 04:43 PM
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Christ you're daft. The airlines do not have to manage the security process when you gate check bags. That is why they charge the 25,35 whatever when they do. There is also that included TSA and 9/11 fee. Southwest airlines decided to absorb the cost into the ticket - that's the free market at work. It is not the work of the free market to pass on government induced overhead to the consumer. And a passive knock on profit again - fecking marxist.
They charge what they can get. Southwest decided to forego the charge in order to boost their business. It wasn't some "gift" i didn't say it was a gift.
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May 13 2016, 04:44 PM
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Christ you're daft. The airlines do not have to manage the security process when you gate check bags. That is why they charge the 25,35 whatever when they do. There is also that included TSA and 9/11 fee. Southwest airlines decided to absorb the cost into the ticket - that's the free market at work. It is not the work of the free market to pass on government induced overhead to the consumer. And a passive knock on profit again - fecking marxist.
They charge what they can get. Southwest decided to forego the charge in order to boost their business. It wasn't some "gift" Estonianman be like: "Oh noes, corporations never jack up fees on the customers just to increase their profit margins. The free market would never stand for it! It's must be caused by government! Evil statists!"
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May 13 2016, 04:59 PM
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They charge what they can get. Southwest decided to forego the charge in order to boost their business. It wasn't some "gift"
Estonianman be like: "Oh noes, corporations never jack up fees on the customers just to increase their profit margins. The free market would never stand for it! It's must be caused by government! Evil statists!"
Your generic rage over profits is noted - however irrelevant.
You marxists should just learn to take your lesson and leave.
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May 13 2016, 05:06 PM
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I really didn't think US congressmen could be this stupid.
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May 13 2016, 05:08 PM
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Estonianman be like: "Oh noes, corporations never jack up fees on the customers just to increase their profit margins. The free market would never stand for it! It's must be caused by government! Evil statists!"
Your generic rage over profits is noted - however irrelevant. You marxists should just learn to take your lesson and leave. Your idiotic conclusion that every time a corporation makes a move obviously designed to line their pockets it's because "government" is noted and held in the contempt it warrants.
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May 13 2016, 05:12 PM
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Your generic rage over profits is noted - however irrelevant. You marxists should just learn to take your lesson and leave.
Your idiotic conclusion that every time a corporation makes a move obviously designed to line their pockets it's because "government" is noted and held in the contempt it warrants. Correlation does not equal causation my friend.
I'll give you one more chance to see life outside the marxist box.
Why do you think everyone gate checks their bags to bypass the fee? Do you not think the airlines would see this as a loss in productivity?
You seriously are under the delusion that the airlines tacked on a baggage fee so some rich CEO could by yacht? amiright?
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May 13 2016, 05:16 PM
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Estonianman be like: "Oh noes, corporations never jack up fees on the customers just to increase their profit margins. The free market would never stand for it! It's must be caused by government! Evil statists!"
Your generic rage over profits is noted - however irrelevant. You marxists should just learn to take your lesson and leave.
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May 13 2016, 05:21 PM
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Your generic rage over profits is noted - however irrelevant. You marxists should just learn to take your lesson and leave.
 try again pops - your message did not come through
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May 13 2016, 05:34 PM
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Your idiotic conclusion that every time a corporation makes a move obviously designed to line their pockets it's because "government" is noted and held in the contempt it warrants.
Correlation does not equal causation my friend. I'll give you one more chance to see life outside the marxist box. Why do you think everyone gate checks their bags to bypass the fee? Do you not think the airlines would see this as a loss in productivity? You seriously are under the delusion that the airlines tacked on a baggage fee so some rich CEO could by yacht? amiright? I don't know that "everyone gate checks their bags to bypass the fee". This is something you're stating as a fact, given what I know about the quality of your facts, I'll need something more.
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May 13 2016, 05:40 PM
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try again pops - your message did not come through I don't expect it ever will come through to you.
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May 13 2016, 08:32 PM
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Correlation does not equal causation my friend. I'll give you one more chance to see life outside the marxist box. Why do you think everyone gate checks their bags to bypass the fee? Do you not think the airlines would see this as a loss in productivity? You seriously are under the delusion that the airlines tacked on a baggage fee so some rich CEO could by yacht? amiright?
I don't know that "everyone gate checks their bags to bypass the fee". This is something you're stating as a fact, given what I know about the quality of your facts, I'll need something more. You obviously don't fly.
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May 13 2016, 08:33 PM
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try again pops - your message did not come through
I don't expect it ever will come through to you. Still learning the internet eh?
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May 13 2016, 08:36 PM
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I don't expect it ever will come through to you.
Still learning the internet eh? May I suggest you try another browser if you can't see the picture I posted, Captain Interweb?
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May 13 2016, 08:37 PM
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Still learning the internet eh?
May I suggest you try another browser if you can't see the picture I posted, Captain Interweb? My guess is you tried to link a picture from an https:// link - those do not work here.
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May I suggest you try another browser if you can't see the picture I posted, Captain Interweb?
My guess is you tried to link a picture from an https:// link - those do not work here. I'm seeing the picture just fine.
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