Coburn's Viagra Amendment Goes Flaccid

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I think the general aviation (this coming from an inactive pilot that hasn't flown for years) airports should be pay-to-play by the users and tenants- plenty more examples of that exist.

AOPA (Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association) has made a good case that the existing tax on aviation fuel (gas is in excess of $4.00/gal at Riverside/Jones) is the best way to pay for most of General Aviation.  Other methods would involve another level of bureaucracy that would absorb much of the revenue without supporting the airports.  Most public airports get some level of federal funds from the gas tax.  You are probably unaware of the fees and conditions involved regarding the commercial operators and private hangar owners at Tulsa's two airports.

When runners and bikers at Riverparks pay a toll to use the trails, I would consider additional fees at the airport.

Please note that I delayed my response to this to be sure it wasn't just a knee jerk.

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I just checked the price of fuel.  $4.68/gal of gasoline.  Jet fuel is $3.84ish. (I buy avgas, not jet fuel)  The Airport Authority (or City or the Airport Improvement Authority) also gets a cut on every gallon of fuel sold. I think it's about $.15/gallon but haven't verified it lately.  General Aviation is not getting a free ride.

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AOPA (Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association) has made a good case that the existing tax on aviation fuel (gas is in excess of $4.00/gal at Riverside/Jones) is the best way to pay for most of General Aviation.  Other methods would involve another level of bureaucracy that would absorb much of the revenue without supporting the airports.  Most public airports get some level of federal funds from the gas tax.  You are probably unaware of the fees and conditions involved regarding the commercial operators and private hangar owners at Tulsa's two airports.

When runners and bikers at Riverparks pay a toll to use the trails, I would consider additional fees at the airport.

Please note that I delayed my response to this to be sure it wasn't just a knee jerk.

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I just checked the price of fuel.  $4.68/gal of gasoline.  Jet fuel is $3.84ish. (I buy avgas, not jet fuel)  The Airport Authority (or City or the Airport Improvement Authority) also gets a cut on every gallon of fuel sold. I think it's about $.15/gallon but haven't verified it lately.  General Aviation is not getting a free ride.

Once you mentioned it, I seem to recall this from my days as an AOPA member and was ignoring the amount of added taxes in aviation fuels.  And you are correct, I've been inactive for quite some time and have not kept up with aviation issues.  I stand corrected.

I don't have a probem with use or consumption taxes, that's one of the reasons I like the Fair Tax concept.

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Seemed the perfect slot to insert this:


Arrest for Viagra possession was a little stiff, Bronx man claims in lawsuit
A Bronx man claims he did two days of hard time after an NYPD detective arrested him on a limp charge — possessing Viagra.

Peter Williams, 56, says in a Bronx Supreme Court lawsuit that he had a prescription for the little blue pills, but Detective Howell Daniel "verbally threatened and harassed" him before cuffing him on charges of possession of a controlled substance.
Williams claims he was roughed up and suffered permanent injuries in the 2011 incident.

"He was falsely arrested for having prescribed Viagra," Williams' attorney, Gary Rawlins, argued in the lawsuit filed Monday.
He claims he spent four hours in a police van and two days in jail after Daniel arrested him on May 25, 2011, at 3 p.m. outside a pizza parlor where he stopped while on his way to work.

He says he tried to tell the detective that he had a prescription for the erectile dysfunction medication.