The White House Fiscal Year 2008 Transportation budget ignores rural communities through its taxing system for aviation, the League of Rural Voters says.
The budget would eliminate funding for the Small Communities Air Service Program, which helps maintain air service for rural communities.
As if this wasn't bad enough, the Administration also backed a radical "user fees" plan pushed by the big airlines that could result in a huge tax hike on general aviation — everything from crop dusters to "puddle jumpers" to aircraft used by small businesses," says League of Rural Voters President Neil Ritchie in a statement. "This hike in taxes would directly offset a tax break for the commercial airlines."
"This tax burden on general aviation would add up to significant tax increase on each business per plane, grounding many of these small planes and puddle jumpers that are the lifeline to rural communities, and impacting access to specialized medical care, educational institutions, and business resources."
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