EAS is on the chopping block!!!
03-27-2017 | 08:11 AM
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The world may not have this big checklist but the social contract you speak of does exist, it's our constitution. And within it is an actual big check-list of things we have already decided what to pay for with our taxes and what not to pay for. It's in Article One Section Eight, a list of 18 things that enumerate exactly what our federal tax money is supposed to pay for. You'll notice that nowhere in there is anything about essential air service. Also within it are things like the military and national defense. But the social contract (our constitution) does say that anything not in the contract or prohibited by it, can be taken up by the states or the people (tenth amendment). To me, this means that if EAS is important to Alaskans, that state can pay for it. Or they can persuade fellow citizens that it's also important to all citizens and deserves a constitutional amendment to add it to the big checklist. Of course, this is only true if we believe in this social contract. If we don't care what it says, we just do what we want without actually changing the wording.
Like flightview said, you're just uneducated about such matters.
03-27-2017 | 10:34 AM
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@auxpumplow I don't have an issue with EAS being federally cut. I have an issue with the notion people should up and move. I've never said anyone was uneducated, but it makes someone APPEAR uneducated making sweeping generalized statements like that.
03-27-2017 | 11:32 AM
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People survived up there before EAS, so it's just silly. If there is a viable economic need, the private sector will swoop in.
03-27-2017 | 01:21 PM
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This. Government has a long history of failing miserably at business and not helping any lesser fortunate people in the process, even though that may be their well-meaning intent. Private enterprise has a long history of successfully serving those in need while turning a profit in the very same business that government couldn't figure out.
03-27-2017 | 02:15 PM
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My wife and I don't mind spending $2 per year for the EAS program. Seems like a fair use of my tax money.
03-27-2017 | 04:17 PM
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[QUOTE=JamesNoBrakes;2329960]So let's say you are born in an Alaskan village. At exactly what point do you make this "choice"?[/QUOTE
You should be able to chose to live in Alaska
And still get mail. There are no options to drive. That is what I call essential service.
You should be able to chose to live in Alaska
And still get mail. There are no options to drive. That is what I call essential service.
03-27-2017 | 05:41 PM
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Of course there are options to drive. Do you think the folks who live out in the Styx were put there by aliens?
Ever hear of the Ice Road? It ain't fun, but it's one way to drive!
Ever hear of the Ice Road? It ain't fun, but it's one way to drive!
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