ORIGINAL: abel_pranger
Hey LCS-
You didn't mention AMA's tax-advantaged status, granted ostensibly because it is performing a service for the public good. I understand why there may some confusion over this, as AMA can't seem to settle on the wording of its Mission Statement from one montn to the next. One month it proclaims its service to 'modelers' and the next to 'its members.'
At any rate, the OP is paying for AMA if he is an American taxpayer. He is one of many that have to pay AMA's share of the tax burden because AMA is tax exempt, i.e., a freeloader needing the handout........ because they serve the public interest.......ponder that..... AMA for members-only??? Wait for the naysaying from the very same people that deride those that haven't paid homage to AMA for their very rights to live and breathe.
Abel
Great points Abel and well said as usual.
ORIGINAL: Gremlin Castle
You are now chasing your tail with your own arguments.
Well, at least I am in the hunt.
Thank you!
Actually, I think even you [X(]could come up with a few hobbies that subsist without paying or funding an organization by each and every person that participates.