Pass the FATCAT Act to increase fuel taxes on private jets!

I am writing to ask you to co-sponsor and pass the FATCAT Act (Fueling Alternative Transportation with a Carbon Aviation Tax), which will increase the jet fuel tax from 22 cents per gallon to $1.95, and apply the new revenues toward air quality monitoring and the development of clean transit alternatives. Currently, private jet travelers are producing 14 times more CO2 emissions per passenger mile than commercial flight travelers, and 50 times more than trains, emitting as much as millions of private automobiles. In just one hour, a single private jet can emit two metric tons of carbon dioxide. According to a report by the Institute for Policy Studies and Patriotic Millionaires, the wealthiest 1% of air travelers are responsible for about 50% of all passenger flight carbon emissions. Private jet travelers are among the richest people in U.S. society, with a median net worth of $190 million. They should pay for the environmental damage caused by their travel choices. Revenues from this legislation will be transferred to the Airport & Airway Trust Fund and the Clean Communities Trust Fund to expand environmentally sound transportation alternatives, including passenger rail and bus routes near commercial airports. I ask you to co-sponsor and pass this critical legislation that will make polluters pay and help to develop transportation alternatives that are good for the planet at the same time.