Well it seems that the editors of Barron's liked my cure for the American-U.S. Air merger. The letter below was published in the upcoming September 2 issue. Frankly, the Potomac Pinheads really don't get it.
Arthur M. Shatz
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August 17, 2013
Barron’s Mailbag
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Washington, D.C.
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To the Editor:
With respect to Tom Donlan’s Free the Airlines column (August
19th), I have an absolutely spiffy plan for making the proposed
merger of American Airlines and U.S. Airways work to perfection. Step one: The
Justice (or shall we say Injustice)
Department should foul up the works as much as possible so that American is
again teetering on the brink of bankruptcy. Step Two: The Administration rushes
in with a massive cash injection to stabilize the company just like they did
with Solyndra. Step Three: Given the fact that President Obama, a former
lecturer on the constitution believes that Article 2 Section 3 does not apply
to him, and he has full discretion over which parts of which laws he can ensure
are faithfully enforced, he should by executive order declare flying hazardous
to one’s health and cover it under a special section of the Affordable Care
Act. This would allow ticket prices to be set by the Independent Payment Review
Board who will clearly make sure that those greedy airlines are kept in check
just like greedy doctors.
Seriously, what is it about the word deregulation that
government doesn’t seem to understand?
Yours truly,
Arthur M. Shatz
