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Government Subsidizes Small-Town Air Service
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Hoping for an empty seat beside you on your next flight? No problem — just schedule a trip to someplace like Kingman, Ariz.; Brookings, S.D.; or Pueblo. They are among more than 100 locales around the country that receive federally subsidized airline service, and the average number of passengers on each flight is about three. (New York Times [1], Friday)
They never learn.
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The Businessman and Free Enterprise [2] by Benjamin A. Rogge
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[1] New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/06/business/06boonies.html?ref=todayspaper
[2] The Businessman and Free Enterprise: http://www.fee.org/publications/the-freeman/article.asp?aid=5651
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