Originally Posted by
FetaCheese
The founding fathers specifically mentioned airlines as part of the national infrastructure. John Adams himself was a huge supporter of air travel.
I just got this text from T. Jefferson on post offices and post roads. He’s against the idea.
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Have you considered all the consequences of your proposition respecting post roads? I view it as a source of boundless patronage to the executive, jobbing to members of Congress & their friends, and a bottomless abyss of public money. You will begin by only appropriating the surplus of the post office revenues; but the other revenues will soon be called into their aid, ][/QUOTE]