General Aviation (GA) airport users have enjoyed a free ride for long enough – the time is long overdue for them to pay their own way. 
The article highlights claims that users of the lucrative aviation industry cannot afford to pay for basic support services that are currently “free.”  In truth, the GA funding scheme offers a prime example of privatized profits and socialized costs, whereby aviation interests are the winners and taxpaying citizens foot the bill for capital improvements and services that do not benefit the general public.  As a further insult, our communities are subjected to the ever-increasing din of unregulated aviation noise, along with lead-laden emissions from avgas.  Citizens’  quality of life and property rights are routinely trampled in order to accommodate aviation interests.  GA airports should not receive another dime of taxpayer money until they clean up their act