Originally Posted by eyecue
I always wondered though, what happens to the ticket surcharge for security screening? do the airlines cut a check to the feds and then they pay us? Isnt that a form of double taxation?
I'm sure it's all in the wording, and that has been maneuvered around. Probably similar to how some pay tolls for roads, etc. They have maneuvered around The First and Fourth Amendments, I'm sure double-taxation was barely a bump in the road.