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'Indefensible': Trump Budget Law Subsidizes Private Jet Owners While Taking Healthcare From Millions

www.commondreams.org 'Indefensible': Trump Budget Law Subsidizes Private Jet Owners While Taking Healthcare From Millions | Common Dreams

A provision of the budget law that President Donald Trump signed last week will leave taxpayers to "pick up the tab for the private jet industry and billionaire high flyers."

'Indefensible': Trump Budget Law Subsidizes Private Jet Owners While Taking Healthcare From Millions | Common Dreams

FlyUSA, a private aviation provider, gushed in a blog post that with final passage of the unpopular budget reconciliation package, "business jet ownership has never looked more fiscally attractive or more fun to explain to your accountant."

"A corporation purchasing a $50 million private jet could potentially deduct the entire $50 million from their taxes in the year of the purchase, rather than spreading the deduction over many years," Collins wrote. "This amounts to a massive taxpayer subsidy, as ordinary taxpayers pick up the tab for the private jet industry and billionaire high flyers."

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