I don’t want to engage in whataboutism but the fact is when they pass a law for one thing it’s at the cost of something else that will never see the floor
The house passed a bill to help reign in insurance-pharmacy middle men (PBMs) who are directly responsible for the shitty system and pharmacy closures we are all experiencing. Schumer wont put it on the floor because it’s not a priority. But Musks private jets are.
This isn’t a stand alone bill, it’s just an amendment in the FAA re-authorization bill. They have to pass this bill every 5 years to keep air traffic going.
like /u/toiletobserver memed in this thread, “Challenge Accepted”. All the airplanes are still going to have to broadcast ID through ADS-B. They are going to shuffle the N-numbers around but I’m sure we’re going to have the finest geeks on the case deciphering who is who in the air based on where people end up on the ground.
Yeah, “impossible” is almost certainly an overstatement. Just harder.
At least the priorities are in the right place. Abortion rights have not been acted on for a century, climate change is hard, Ukraine can’t be helped, but the fundamental right for everyone to use their private jet anonymously has been protected.
How about a minimum wage increase while the economy is so strong?
This country belongs to the ultra-rich, we just live here.
God Bless America /s
Abortion rights were just acted on a year or two ago…
Eat the rich. Congress works for them, not for us.
All talk here. No action will be taken.
The only action people have is to vote people in power who are not absolute pieces of shit.
What they do once in office should directly affect your choice during the next election cycle.
Unfortunately most people vote blindly along their party lines.
So, yes, you’re right. It’s all talk here but it’s not like that talk can’t lead to actions.
That’s not the only action people have. It’s just the only one that hasn’t been criminalized yet.
yet
But is that the only action people could take? What if some of these private jets just happened to catch fire in the middle of the night when no one is around?
Be the change you want to see.
Since the system is fixed, we don’t even really have the option to vote people in who are not absolute pieces of shit
Tell me again that Swift isn’t an asset of the deep state.
She is pro-Israel so… yes?
This isn’t really about Swift. It’s about Elon Musk, and Clarence Thomas, and Donald Trump, and all the other corrupt narcissists who don’t want you to know what they’re up to.
And yet notice how these articles are all focused on Taylor Swift. After all, the owners can’t let articles point out their privilege and class disparity.
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T Swift: 1.1 billion
Elon: 197.3 billion
I wonder which one of these people more powerful and has more influence?
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lol, PItbull “won” the air travel top spot last year and you don’t hear shit from him about being tracked.
to be fair, that would involve discussing him in any way, which is best avoided
Swift is helping bring down live nation/ticketmaster… So there’s that too
There’s no such thing as an ethical billionaire
TayTay throws more scraps to the people she’s stepped on to make her billion then most.
That seems to be true but it doesn’t change the previous statement
Unrelated, I see you around occasionally and your username always makes me irrationally happy, I blame my inner 13 year old. 🤣
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It’s fun to watch airplanes. Watching them via radio is also fun. The data has been public since the FAA started issuing tail numbers and it’s never really been an issue before.
What’s really fucked up is that these jets currently operate under Part 91, just like grandpa’s Cessna. Quite unregulated when it comes to how long the pilots can fly and the taxes are lower than Part 135 which is where I believe these private jets should operate. IMO a private plane should be owner operated, allowing the individual to determine safety limits. Part 135 regulates quite a bit more, including pilot rest periods and allowed weather conditions. We already regulate these billionaire’s car drivers more stringently than a regular driver, why not the air travel too?
edit: oh, duh. If the airplane operates under Part 135 it can easily be owned by an LLC which is the same form of privacy protection I (and many others) use to shield my identity in real estate records.
What a bunch of bullshit, yet another example of how billionaires get their interests served but we just get to help make them even richer while being taxed, but not represented because we can’t afford the
bribeslobbying.Yup. Its amazing how quick and efficient the government is when rich peoples interests are involved
Why track it anyway?
Why not!?
Booooo
But then how will we know when she takes her private jet jet jet to her private jet jet to her to her private jet?
Fuck them all. Fuck every fucking one of these people.
I don’t know whether to laugh or scream at how outrageous it is that out of all the issues that could benefit from bipartisan cooperation, THIS is what we get. Bunch of turds.
Fuck them all.
We don’t have to think hard as it actually is a bipartisan issue. Their lifestyles are now harder to track by us so it helps both party’s and their sugar daddies/mommies.
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How do you want to do that “through some third world country” if the registration documents are in the US and only anonymously published anymore? Not following your logic there.
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They still have to run ADS-B transponders. This just makes it harder to link the person to the plane.
Too late, everyone jets had been tag and last known location will still reveal who they are. Useless bill as always.
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