Isn't this how everyone gets to summer camp?
Ah, summer camp. Making lanyards, singing songs around the campfire … and
arriving by private jet:
More and more wealthy families are ditching the long car rides to rural summer camps and hitching rides on private planes to save time, the New York Times reports.
A round-trip flight on a seven-person turboprop plane can cost about $3,800, on top of the nearly $10,000 price tags of these luxurious summer camps. […]
Camp-bound families have accounted for roughly 40% of private plane traffic at other small regional airports this summer, such as Sullivan County Airport in Bethel, N.Y., Laconia Municipal Airport in Gilford, N.H., and Moultonborough Airport in Moultonborough, N.H. Todd Rome, president of Blue Star Jets, told the Times that his company has experienced a 30% increase in bookings this summer.
Sure, some folks might think hiring a private plane to take your kid to camp is a little ... excessive. But not Maine's Gov. Paul LePage:
Maine Governor Paul LePage is thrilled about this new trend and sees it as a boon to the state's economy. "Love it, love it, love it," he exclaimed to the Times. “I wish they'd stay a week while they're here. This is a big business.”
So that's why we need to protect those private jet tax loopholes—to protect those little jobs creators of tomorrow. Why, if they can't travel to their $10,000 summer camps by private plane, they might go Galt or something, and then where will we be? Better keep those loopholes in place. You know, for the children.