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The main motivation of politicians is to stay in power. Therefore they will pay attention to whatever puts that in jeopardy. Local economical hardship from shrinking GA business can scare local politicians, which then could cascade that to upper levels. That's why the lobbying from Cessna, Cirrus, etc. to the communities in which they have manufacturing facilites is so important... Also smaller GA businesses which happen to be a significant part of their communities' economic activity will have a voice that perhaps could be heard. Eliacim > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any > advice in this forum.]---- > > > I did write my congressman. (Rep. Paul Ryan, R-WI) I was not encouraged. > > > He mentioned the 'Airport and Airway Development and Revenue Act' of > 1970, but then went on to say, > > "Unfortunately, the financial solvency of the aviation trust fund is in > jeopardy. Overly optimistic revenue projections for the trust fund, > combined with the poor economic condition of the aviation industry, have > reduced revenues to the trust over the past few years." > > He went on to talk about FAA projects that have been contracted out, > saving taxpayers 2.2 billion dollars. He also brought up a forum that > the D.O.T & FAA administrator had with government officials in April > 2005. He said the > FAA is expected to release the results from the forum later this spring. > He then finished up with this: > > "Currently, there is no proposal from the FAA or Congress that would > impose some form of user fee on either the aviation industry or the > taxpayer. The FAA is still working to find a way to solve the funding > problems of the aviation trust fund, and has not endorsed any singled > solution. Should a bill come before me on the House floor that addresses > either the aviation trust fund or user fees, I will certainly keep your > thoughts in mind." > > How very Washingtonian of him. (Perhaps he's been there too long.) > > I have always been a Ryan supporter. He and I have similar positions on > most issues. I'm not sure this is one of them. But then again I'm not > sure it isn't. I couldn't quite tell from his response. He didn't commit > either way. So I forwarded it to AOPA's legal affairs department, and > suggested that they might want to pay Mr. Ryan a visit. > > I'm also going to send it on to the EAA. > > (Mr. Ryan might have people...but so do I.) > > Michael Dean > Lavelle Industries, Inc. > Ph: 262-757-2237 > Fax; 262-763-5607 > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 11:15 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [COUPERS-FLYIN] Activism against user fees > > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following > any advice in this forum.]---- > > > As I have said here before, this is the time for strong activism: > > 1. Support AOPA and EAA. Now! > > 2. Write to your congressmen and Senators. NOW! > > 3. If you happen to live in a community that has significant GA economic > activity and is friendly to it, write to your local politicians (mayor, > governor) and alert them. Tell them to start lobying with their higher > (national) politicos about this. Sometimes politicos only listen to > other > politicos. > Warning, don't do this in a GA unfriendly community, or with GA > unfriendly politicos, as this will alert them to become active > supporting > user fees in order to supress GA. > > Eliacim > N87071 > > > ======================================================================== > ====== > To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm > > ============================================================================== > To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm > ============================================================================== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm
