This is why I love The Writerly Life…
The idea is that you look at this picture. Study it if you need to and then write a short story about it.
I love doing stuff like this.
Perhaps, I’ll post my story later this weekend.
August 13, 2011
Pork Watch: Ticket to Ride?
via the AP…
On some days, the pilots with Great Lakes Airlines fire up a twin-engine Beechcraft 1900 at the Ely, Nev., airport and depart for Las Vegas without a single passenger on board. And the federal government pays them to do it.
Federal statistics reviewed by The Associated Press show that in 2010, just 227 passengers flew out of Ely while the airline got $1.8 million in subsidies. The travelers paid $70 to $90 for a one-way ticket. The cost to taxpayers for each ticket: $4,107.
Just imagine how many other programs like this exist that you and I pay for.
Who doesn’t think Washington is corrupt now?
