by "Kingfish" Jun 22, 2006 at 11:29 AM


Kingfish wrote:

Clearly, this whole subsidy issue has you foaming at the mouth. Why
don't you try writing letters to people that matter, instead of posting
your rants on an aviation newsgroup frequented by pilots? (who don't
care) I still haven't figured out your point in continuing to do this.

If government subsidies are such a hot issue for you, start with the
huge tax subsidies given to Big Oil - the same folks who are making
record profits while we all pay $3/gal for autogas. Here's something
that affects you directly, unlike the AIP funds given to airports to
maintain infrastructure. BTW, AIP funding is for all airports large &
small so it's not accurate to call it a subsidy for GA.

No comment on this Lune?



Yes. Dont feed the trolls! LOL

Just kidding. I just hate to (repeatedly) repeat myself (are you from
California??). GA IS heavily subsidized by taxpayers and commercial
airline passengers. This is a documented FACT. Period. There is no
debate, just rhetoric from the likes of the Destroyer. He can't debate it
honestly (i.e. show contributions from GA taxes vs. outlays for GA
airports), so he uses stupid, idiotic, rhetorical arguments, worthy of a
TV executive who made his prior career in the world of make-believe.

On why I don't "write letters" to people that matter.... This is yet
another erroneous assumption by you, King.

Here is the key graph from the BTS (again...sigh). You can parse the
entire report, but you will see that your precious AV gas taxes contribute
less than 2% to the total annual revenues of the trust fund. Far less than
is SPENT on GA airport operating (usually the $150k/annum grant) and
capital grants, which generally cover 95% of the cost of FAA approved
projects.

http://www.bts.gov/programs/federal_...figure_06.html