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US airlines are pushing to remove protections for passengers and add more fees

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663 points duxup | 1 comments | 24 Sep 25 12:30 UTC | HN request time: 0.209s | source
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bilekas ◴[24 Sep 25 14:22 UTC] No.45360845[source]▶
These two in particular :

> Automatic Refunds for Cancellations

> Transparency of Fees

How does a lawmaker justify this being in the publics interest ? I'm not even joking, I know "well lobbyist going to lobby", but this is a legitimate question. How does a regulatory body say "Yup, that's okay with us to remove" ?

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cosmicgadget ◴[24 Sep 25 16:48 UTC] No.45362913[source]▶
Easy. "The public voted up and down the ballot for the platform that promised to gut regulations and consumer protection." Who is a single representative to deny the will of the people?
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nobody9999 ◴[25 Sep 25 05:19 UTC] No.45369535[source]▶
You mean this platform[0]? Not sure where it says they're going to "gut regulations and consumer protection." Perhaps you could point that part out to me?

I understood that to actually be the case, even though that wasn't actually included in the platform. Which is one of reasons I didn't vote for the current administration.

That said, I imagine that among those who did so, some folks are fine with it, some folks didn't care one way or another and some folks were unaware that this would happen.

As such, I think you're painting folks with far too broad a brush. Which is, I imagine, quite satisfying. I hope you got what you wanted out of that.

[0] https://rncplatform.donaldjtrump.com/

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naijaboiler ◴[27 Sep 25 23:27 UTC] No.45400223[source]▶
republicans. that's what they are all about. if you voted for them, you willingly voted for this.
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1. ThrowMeAway1618 ◴[28 Sep 25 12:41 UTC] No.45403910[source]▶
>republicans. that's what they are all about. if you voted for them, you willingly voted for this.

demonrats. that's what they are all about. If you voted for them, you voted for baby molesting and baby eating. Those far-left lunatics hate America and want to destroy it!

Why do you eat babies? Why do you hate America? Why do you want to destroy it?

What's that? You don't do/feel/want those things? But, but, you voted for demonrats! You must be the most extreme version of whatever someone who disagrees says you are!

Does being painted with that brush make you want to reexamine your choices and/or political ideas? No? Why not?

And what for? It's stupid to try to have a dialogue with your fellow citizens about what's important and what we stand for as a nation, right? Because anyone that doesn't agree, in full, with everything you believe is irredeemably evil and must be stopped, right?