Governments only have a right to tax for services rendered
and only for services actually wanted by the public.
Passing a law to require that you use a "service" just so
you can tax is an abuse. Unfortunately, governments have
the power to tax for whatever they want, whenever they want.
As has been said, the power to tax is the power to destroy.

Most state aviation departments, if they even have one, do
little but duplicate Federal regulations, inspections and
controls. Small airports are owned by cities, counties and
private individuals [who are taxed very heavily] and few
states actually own any airports. Some states do provide
real services and the pilots and passengers in those states
get a benefit. But many states just tax because they can.


--
James H. Macklin
ATP,CFI,A&P

--
The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.
some support
http://www.usdoj.gov/olc/secondamendment2.htm
See http://www.fija.org/ more about your rights and duties.


"Jay Beckman" wrote in message
news:_8wBf.11272$jR.8415@fed1read01...
| "Jim Macklin" wrote
in message
| news:jLvBf.69411$QW2.129@dukeread08...
| How many miles of roads does your car use, compared to
miles
| of runway?
|
|
| Well, that really wasn't my point...
|
| I didn't put a lot of emphasis on it, but what I was
getting at was the cost
| to register versus the cost of the vehicle being
registered.
|
| Aircraft cost more than cars but (it would seem) cost far
less to register
| on a "per thousand dollars of value" basis.
|
| I was mearly expressing a sense of suprise...I'm certainly
not advocating
| that pilots dig deeper than they already have to.
|
| And as I said, I'm not an owner so I'm only reacting to
the actual numbers
| being quoted without a complete understanding of additonal
taxes and fees
| that go with buying an owning.
|
| Jay B
|
|