News that makes you feel better
Europeans have been fed horror stories about how dangerous and racist America supposedly is. Those who are visiting the U.S for the World Cup are now realizing the opposite to be true. Among the realizations is that you don’t have to be miserable in the Summer, thanks to a 120 year old invention called air conditioning, which is standard in the U.S., but villified in Europe.
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/did-world-cup-just-start-war-europe-over-air-conditioning
The public is increasingly wary of the land consumption, noise-, heat-, and light-pollution, as well as skyrocketing water and electricity prices caused by data centers.
Extra charges for everything weren’t popular with customers. Apparently not with the federal government either.
https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/policy/articles/spirit-airlines-prepares-shut-down-152920940.html
Would be a pretty bold move for a wholly owned nation such as the U.S….
Spirit Airlines, notorious for charging you countless extra fees, including for complimentary services that should be included in an airline ticket, and thereby subjecting it’s customers to constant hassle and extra payment requests, rather than having the honesty to include them in the airfare price they tell you when you book a flight, is now bankrupt and, unless bailed out, may not be around much longer.
If President Trump is true to the Republican ideal of letting the market decide, rather than forcing taxpayers to pay for an airline that customers got tired of, this could be a great lesson for other airlines and an opportunity to finally make air travel at least a bit less unpleasant again.