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The airline industry expects to lose more than $7 billion this year because of fewer passengers and higher security costs, according to the Air Transport Association, the trade group for major airlines. But the money woes haven\'t curtailed spending on lobbying and campaign contributions, which totaled more than $27 million between January 1, 2001, and August 31, 2002.

I suspect that AMTRAK spent $93.17 during the same time.

You get what you pay for, especially with politics.

Man, Sept. 11 or not, the airline industry was gonna be in this mess no matter what, so much for that so called progress people thought would work back in the 50s!