I'll worry about the Coast Guard doing what they do for us (and what it costs) when we get reimbursed the tens of millions it cost to find JFK jr, and when the airlines reimburse us for searching for a plane that goes down thousands of miles from the United States.

Like all corporations, Carnival doesn't "pay" any US income taxes. They're a pass-through device for the government to collect more taxes from US (that's right, you and me, dummies). As always, this forum is populated by people who obviously know very little about how our tax system actually works. Sheep; toys of the l...more

Welcome to Barry Obama's America!

Totally agree with the earlier reply. Another waste of taxpayer money on a witch hunt ginned up by the left wing malcontents. How about spending some money on teaching these dummies how to drive?!

This is a typical response from someone who doesn't have a career, but a job.  I consider myself hugely fortunate in that I still love my job (and my career choice), even after 34 years.  This fact considerably complicates things I'm afraid, since I could have retired years ago if finances were the only issue at hand ....more

Wow, how the heck did so many people who obviously forgot to take their meds end up reading this article?  Jealousy is unattractive boys and girls.  Just because you don't know how to play the "let's make some money" game, please don't criticize others for making money with their brain instead of their muscles. Contrar...more

Artificially low?  Don't need to read any more than this to know where this gal stands.  Another MessNBC lefty. Gee.... big surprise!!

Definitely one of the 51% (Mittens was wrong, he underestimated the members of the entitlement nation).

This is a joke right?  Oh wait, it may be an example of our stellar education system here.  It's hard to take anyone seriously that can't write a simple sentence..... sigh