Doing the math on private jet fuel taxes
With the current debate on hangar expansion at Hanscom, why has the unjustly low jet fuel sales tax rate escaped our attention?
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With the current debate on hangar expansion at Hanscom, why has the unjustly low jet fuel sales tax rate escaped our attention?
I would ask that local media, including The Acton Bridge, provide accurate and unbiased coverage.
New details on a plan to dramatically increase hangar space and support facilities at Hanscom Airfield are finally in circulation.
As the “little people,” isn’t it time we did something meaningful about climate change here in Acton?
Proponents of the proposed plan faced questioning after a presentation to a local committee made as part of the Draft Environmental Impact Report preparation.
A proposed expansion at Hanscom Field is opposed by activists and environmentalists who view it as benefiting a few wealthy people to the detriment of climate change and at the expense of taxpayers. “Our grandchildren are not going to be happy about what we’re leaving them,” Neil Rasmussen of Acton’s Save our Heritage told more than 150 people attending a forum sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Acton-Carlisle. The number of proposed hangars, first set at 27, has been reduced, he said, but the project will only serve the wealthy, who often use private jets to travel to