"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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I made one statement, and it is verifiable as fact: The French are
dunderheaded for taxing their aviation fuel to the point where no one can
afford it.

Jay, you are the dunderhead - sure the fuel is taxed as it is but you are
wrong when you say no one can afford it. There are thousands of French
pilots flying every month, like there are Brits, Germans etc. We pay our
way, with no tax $ subsidising our pleasures, on top of the fuel there are
user fees too for IFR.
We might not be able to fly as much but we enjoy it probably more because
there we do have to make the odd sacrifice.

Your statement is not verifiable as a fact, if no one could afford it there
would be no flying. As there is flying then people can afford it.