you always hear all of us talk about experts. we pay a greater sales tax on tickets than you paid for gun, alcohol, or cigarettes. the tax burden is 20 s term. we have 20%. we have a lot of talk that we will increase that. all this does is cause us to pay for it. we did not run this institution. it has to be put in the ticket price. capacity will come out. there is a cause and effect between these two things. the most remarkable thing is air fares are probably the best one day at have over the last 30 or 40 years. they are down 30% or for the%. it continues to be a phenomenal value. we all take this for granted. competition policy, we ve only recently been able to get a merger approved. boeing gets to by douglas, go manufacturers to one. when the engine manufacturers get together they do a joint ventures so we only have one engine choice. there is consolidation all around the industry. all these people have 8% nortons are margins. 8% or 10% margins. we got this done. if y
it has been 10 years since the release of the years of lyndon johnson. in a few weeks, the fourth volume will be published. it follows 1982 the path to power. an update on how volume for was taking shape. this is a book not just about lyndon johnson but about jack kennedy and the interplay of their personalities. it is a very complicated story that i do not think people know. two complicated people. robert kennedy and lyndon johnson. i had to really go into that to try to explain it. it is part of the story all the way through johnson s presidency. that is done, chronologically, at the moment when johnson is passing the voting rights act. that is where we are up to now. watch other appearances from robert caro online. after 15 terms, congressman of dolphins pounds of new york is retiring. he notified congress members that he will not be seeking reelection. he was first elected in 1982. he is the 15th house democrat to announce his retirement. congress is back in sessi