Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to The Kevin Jackson Show, where we take today’s headlines, flip them over, shake out the loose change, and somehow still come up richer than the people running the country.

Let’s start with a little aviation eulogy. Cue the soft violin, maybe a single overhead bin creaking in the distance…

Spirit Airlines… is gone.

Flatlined. Toe tag. Curtain call at 30,000 feet.

Now Spirit wasn’t exactly the Ritz-Carlton of the skies. Nobody ever said, “You know what would really elevate this anniversary trip? A middle seat on Spirit with a guy eating tuna out of a Ziploc.” No. Spirit was the airline equivalent of a gas station hot dog… you knew what you were getting into, and yet somehow, it still surprised you.

It was cheap. It was chaotic. It was… honest.

And yes, it had a reputation. You’d go to the gate and it looked less like boarding a plane and more like casting for a reality show titled “Who Packed Their Entire Life Into a Carry-On?” Fights at the counter? Legendary. Viral before viral was even trying that hard.

But here’s the question nobody in power bothered asking:

Did people fly Spirit because they loved it… or because it was the only thing they could afford?

See, Spirit wasn’t just an airline. It was a pressure valve for the middle and working class. It was the difference between “I can visit my family” and “I’ll just FaceTime them and pretend my Wi-Fi froze when it gets emotional.”

And now? That valve is gone.

And somehow, in the twisted funhouse mirror of modern politics, this is being celebrated.

You’ve got Elizabeth Warren out there practically popping champagne, calling this collapse a “win for consumers.” A win. That’s right. Because nothing says “victory” like 14,000 people updating their résumés while ticket prices quietly double in the background.

That’s like burning down a grocery store and calling it a diet plan.

Let’s rewind the tape a bit.

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