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Old Nov 22, 2009 | 10:23 am
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Originally Posted by John Brock
They are desparate to get more tax money to pay for the health plan. It is perfectly logical that they would like to tax the "free" tickets. That is their sole purpose in looking at the programs. It is not for the consumer's interests!
That's exactly right. For all of you wanting federal intervention in the frequent flier programs, get ready to be taxed on the "value" of your frequent flier miles and don't be surprised when the federal government places an extremely high unrealistic value on your miles.
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