Torutured AOPA logic

"Skylune" wrote in message
lkaboutaviation.com...
What businesses run on annual government operating subsidies, and get
federal capital subsidies?

What other businesses need a federal "lifeline?"





Trucking comes to mind.

Lots. Virtually all SBIR/STTR programs are government operating
subsidies, and very few if any become sustainable businesses. All
subcontracting "businesses" to the defense industry and NASA are
essentially living on subsidies. They would all disappear if the
federal money stopped flowing.


Skylune wrote:
What businesses run on annual government operating subsidies, and get
federal capital subsidies?

What other businesses need a federal "lifeline?"

Skylune wrote:
What businesses run on annual government operating subsidies, and get
federal capital subsidies?

What other businesses need a federal "lifeline?"

For a couple decades now, I'm wondering what industries DON'T get
subsidies.

Oil (depreciation allowances)
Ethanol (Archer Daniels Midland has such wonderful lobbyists)
Arts
Education (wouldn't be so bad if we got anything for it)
Mining (public land leases for cheap)
Forestry (we put in roads that cost more than the revenue from the
timber)
Ranching (don't get me started on cattle on national forest land)
Transportation (you think you pay for the roads through driving taxes?
They are subsidized by taxes on houses and purchases)
Real Estate (deductions for your mortgage)


I think you'd be hard pressed to find an industry that hasn't sold it's
support to a congresscritter of either party for some favor or other.
It's a sad state of affairs.

"Skylune" wrote in message
lkaboutaviation.com...
A Boyer acolyte makes the following statement publicly (regarding user
fees):

"That is why it's vital that we ensure airports get the funding they need
to maintain safety and generate revenue."

They need to "get funding" to "generate revenue."

Have you ever heard of the term 'Venture Capitalist"?

How about "Investor"?

How about "capital formation"?

I've heard that Americans are economically ignorant, but this is ridiculous.

Michelle

"Michelle Settle" writes:

"Skylune" wrote in message

[...] "That is why it's vital that we ensure airports get the
funding they need to maintain safety and generate revenue."

They need to "get funding" to "generate revenue."

Have you ever heard of the term 'Venture Capitalist"?
How about "Investor"?
[...]

Thing is, airports don't tend to be owned by venture capitalists.
Governmental "investment" in them tends to be of the sort of
expenditure that anticipates only ancialliary benefits (like survival
of dependent businesses, infrastructure capability, social stability
and whatnot), and not direct financial benefit in terms of net profit
returned to the "investor" (federal? taxpayer).

- FChE

Skylune wrote:
They need to "get funding" to "generate revenue."


The funding covers infrastructure (buildings & taxiways/runways) which
must be maintained for the airport to operate safely (remember, the
FAA's raison de etre?) in order to generate revenue.

I second Steve Foley's remark...

Oh well. At least no one asked me what "torutured" logic is. I think i
got that word from W.

Skylune wrote:
A Boyer acolyte makes the following statement publicly (regarding user
fees):

"That is why it's vital that we ensure airports get the funding they need
to maintain safety and generate revenue."

They need to "get funding" to "generate revenue."

LOL. Sounds like when Democrats talk about "investment," meaning raising
taxes to provide more money to public sector unions. If these airports are
such economic "engines," they wouldn't need annual subsidies. AOPA at
least calls the subsidies a "lifeline," thus implying that many would
cease to exist if users had to pay, rather than taxpayers and commercial
passengers, which generate virtually ALL OF THE REVENUE in the ATF.

The best part is that these comments were made in conference in CHICAGO!
Apparently, the economic armegeddon resulting from closing Megis has yet
to occur...


Skylune is now the "voice of reason?"

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