You know what the shutdown has done? Reinforced my knowledge that the government is too big and we need to privatize all the things!
Especially the entire air industry!
A shutdown wouldn’t affect the air traffic control industry if it fell under the private sector.
The Transportation Department ordered 40 major airports to reduce flight operations by 4% starting today.
The number will grow to 10% next week, all thanks to the Schumer Shutdown!
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy stressed that safety remains his top priority during the shutdown.
“My department has many responsibilities, but our number one job is safety,” Duffy said. ‘This isn’t about politics – it’s about assessing the data and alleviating building risk in the system as controllers continue to work without pay.”
Rep. Rick Larsen, the ranking member on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, described the move as “dramatic and unprecedented.”
Larsen demanded “transparency” from Duffy.
Duffy retorted, “If people want to question us, I would throw it back at them. Open up the government.”
This morning, Duffy used Larsen’s words against him (I don’t know if it was on purpose, but still): “We are taking unprecedented action at @USDOT because we are in an unprecedented shutdown.”
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