"Chris" wrote in message
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"Sylvain" wrote in message
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Jim Macklin wrote:
Income taxes, fuel fees, some airport have landing, tie-down and other
fees. But at the Federal level, so far, most services are paid from
fuel and income taxes, as money is appropriated by Congress.

same in other countries like UK, where taxes -- and quite
a bit more than in US on the fuel alone -- pay for the
same services; yet, it doesn't prevent them from asking for
additional fees (twas 160 UK Pounds at the time when
I got my PPL there, probably a heck of a lot more now);

Our CAA has to be self funding therefore the costs are recovered from the
users. A good example being that it costs me £16 to ask the CAA to verify
my licence particulars to the FAA who then issue me with a nice plastic
certificate for free.
I like your way but I don't think it is sustainable in the long term. User
fees are inevitable despite what AOPA think.


We have USER FEES NOW. They are in the fuel tax. Our roads are done the same
way. Works quite well and is fair because it is a pretty safe bet that the
people using more fuel are probably using more services. If they need to
increase revenue they should just increase the amount of the tax.