Gov't. Pays for Empty Flights to Rural Airports

From the article:
'McKinley describes himself "as a small government, free-market focused owner of a small business," but...'

Don't you just love that "but"? It's always there. What he means is that he's for the free market, except when he's not.

There are also state programs for the same thing. Wyoming, the most "conservative" state in the nation, arguably, has the same sort of program. It's just a scam, welfare for airport and airline people.