Trouble ahead over small plane fees

So you pay for the dredging, the shorline maintainence, and in many
cases the gazillion dollars for the dam and land costs that created that
lake??

Public funding of small city/county airport by local govt especially
makes sense because of the economic activity it generates. its a simple
$- in $$$- out equation.



The economic benefit studies are bogus. They simply tally the payrolls,
then add a multiplier. If the airport ceased to exist entirely, the
discretionary entertainment $$ would be spent elsewhere and have some
economic value as well.

I don't know of any govt. dredging for private marinas (none that I have
ever visited), only for public ports that import/export cargo ships use.
I never really looked into it, but if public $$ go to a private marina, I
would definitely be opposed on principal: Why should you pay for what I
use if it provides no benefit to society??

Dams: built to generate power, primarily. Low cost hydro power. Not for
boaters.

Shoreline maintenance: I agree with that. But it is mostly done to
protect housing built (stupidly, I think) along the coastline. Homeowners
should bear that risk (or pay an insurer to bear the risk), not taxpayers.
(Unless it supports a military base or Cape Canaveral, or something like
that.)

I don't know of any govt. dredging for private marinas (none that I have
ever visited), only for public ports that import/export cargo ships use.

Dams: built to generate power, primarily. Low cost hydro power. Not for
boaters.

You benefit from the dredging, you benefit from the dams. Are you
claiming that you shouldn't have to pay just because "they would be
there anyway"? That's a mighty familiar argument.

Jose
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by Jose teacherjh@[EMAIL PROTECTED] Apr 12, 2006 at 04:13 AM


You benefit from the dredging, you benefit from the dams. Are you
claiming that you shouldn't have to pay just because "they would be
there anyway"? That's a mighty familiar argument




Wait: Dams directly benefit consumers of electricity, farmers and other
water users, lakefront property owners, and boaters. None would be built
if they had to be financed by private boat owners alone.

On the other hand, GA airports benefit only pilots. (No, I don't believe
the economic benefit studies. There are also studies that say taxpayer
subsidized sports stadiums are economic drivers: more nonsense.)