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Trump Floats Having Government Buy Years of Airline Tickets at Discount
The Epoch Times ^ | 25 April 20 | Zachary Stieber
Posted on 4/26/2020, 3:01:35 PM by Bruiser 10
President Donald Trump floated a proposal that would see the government purchase years of tickets from airlines at a discount.
Speaking Friday at a bill signing, the president said he spoke with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.
“I told Steve we’re the biggest user of the airlines—the United States government. And one of the ways we can help the airlines is buy tickets at a very large discount, maybe 50 percent off or maybe more,” Trump said.
“And you buy into four or five years’ worth of tickets, and you infuse them with some cash. And in the meantime, we’re flying the people of our country for, you know, a fraction of the cost that it would be if the—you know, when the airlines get back.”
Trump said he’s liked the idea for a while.
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