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The following are some reactions to President Obama's call during a press conference Wednesday for an end to special tax breaks for corporate jets:
Wichita Mayor Carl Brewer
I am deeply concerned about the president's comments about general aviation. Particularly during a time when many Americans are struggling to make ends meet, we cannot afford additional tax burdens and unnecessary mischaracterizations about the general aviation industry, which drives thousands of jobs, more than $7 billion in economic impact here in Kansas alone, and more than $1.2 billion in job payroll nationally. General aviation is a crucially important part of our national economy and an economic engine for thousands of communities across the nation, many of which would lose local manufacturing jobs or local business growth if faced with additional tax burdens.
I urge the administration and Congress to protect this vitally important industry and all the hardworking jobs that depend on it.
Gov. Sam Brownback
Business aviation is one of our state's and our country's leading exports. We were pleased when U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood was here earlier this year to recognize the importance of, and singing the praises of, business aviation. The Obama administration seems to continue to search for ways to ground this important industry. We call on the administration to instead focus on supporting and growing the high-skilled, high-wage jobs of the business aviation industry.
General Aviation Manufacturers Association and International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
As our industry looks to begin a recovery and the members of our workforce return to their high-skilled jobs, we are very concerned that the rhetoric coming from some in the Obama administration will lead to more economic difficulties. While such talk may appear to some as good politics, the reality is that it hurts one of the leading manufacturing and exporting industries in the United States. And it adds to the pain so many working families have endured.
Madison (Wis.) Capital-Times
Obama's position with regard to taxing millionaires and billionaires is the proper one, both economically and politically. And he deserves credit for stating it as bluntly as he did Wednesday. He also deserves some credit for detailing the dangers inherent in the Republican proposal to place all the burden for balancing the budget on the backs of working families at a time when so many are unemployed or underemployed.
Conn Carroll, Washington Examiner blogger
Funny thing about those corporate-jet tax breaks: Obama's own $814 billion stimulus included tax cuts on jet purchases designed to boost jet sales and save jet manufacturing jobs. By including this measure in his signature economic recovery package, Obama has already conceded that these tax cuts save jobs. So it's not "kids' safety" vs. "corporate-jet owners." It's "higher government spending" vs. "fewer jobs." Is that really the argument Obama wants to take to the American people?
Lachlan Markay, Heritage Foundation blogger
Cessna and Gulfstream have facilities in a combined 15 cities nationwide (and another four abroad). A significant decline in consumption of private jets would undoubtedly have adverse effects on at least some of those local economies. Given the sizable bump in consumption that the initial tax break yielded, its repeal would likely have that economic domino effect.
