Poverty To Prosperity

What a year it’s been. Glad to see the first quarter of 2021 is looking strong! Can’t wait to be back!

American Airlines returns to DBQ!

“Dubuque Airport’s only restaurant, Judy’s Runway Café and Catering, has been closed since spring. Though the newest round of service cuts did not affect the decision to close, restaurant owner Luke Schiltz said, “It’s unfortunate because the airlines say they are a public service provider. Now they’re nowhere to be found.”

Schiltz, 26, opened Judy’s in October 2018, replacing two previous businesses that had failed within their first years of operation. Judy’s seemed to be on a different trajectory and was profitable in 2019. When Covid upended the industry, he initially tried to innovate and take advantage of changes such as new liquor sales policies, but the cost was too high. “We wanted to make sure we had the resources to play the long game and open back up,” said Schiltz — so Judy’s has been closed for most of the year.

Schiltz luckily runs a second nonairport related business, so he can stay afloat. He has tried to move the restaurant’s employees to his other company, the discount service provider Errand Boys, but the physical nature of some work has meant that not everyone could make the shift.”

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Unfortunately they only published a short version of what I said about the airlines. Here’s the full quote: “The airlines always proclaim how they are a public service provider when it comes time to rake in billions of tax payer dollars. The major players have been allowed to achieve a monopolistic stronghold over the market and now are nowhere to be found when it’s time to provide the so called public service that they supposedly offer.”

What’re your thoughts on the airlines? Legally and ethically the answer may differ but should they be allowed to cut services and disrupt local economies? In my opinion, if there had been a true free market in the airline industry the competition would’ve naturally caused the industry to progress at a faster rate ensuring regional airports had different carriers to choose from. Since this isn’t the case do they not have any social or even legal responsibility to maintain services after being allowed to monopolize and take billions of tax payer dollars?

On a somewhat similar note, why are drug companies allowed to acquire money from the public (forcibly through the government) for R&D and then charge the public for the medicine they create? If I’m paying someone to do something I expect to not have to pay them twice. Corporate welfare and anti competitive markets are destroying our economy and it’s the small guys and gals who are paying the price.

'We're a long way from anywhere else': Small U.S. cities hit with airline service cuts in pandemic Regional airports are struggling with the impact of big carriers' service suspensions on their economies.

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