IIRC, that is from a report some years ago prior to the last dues increase.

It is how all government and bureaucracies operate. MORE TAXES, either in plain view or hidden. While federal income taxes may be dropping a bit, TRUE inflation, not just governmental hype and redefinitions, but actual inflation and cost of living expense is gobbling any gain there of.
Property taxes are on an unbelievable rampage. One property was hiked 42% this year. Others are up 10-14% across the board. Michigan real estate taxes for non-residents go up faster than a rocket.
Regardless of the tax and price increases, the area continues to expand at a significant increase. [:-]

Yet with all these gross inflations of living costs, while the great number of retirees in this country have to sell off estate or continue to tighten the ropes more and more, the growth of organizations continues, especially in the pseudo-management elite areas. Therefore I don't think AMA will not grow because of a dues increase. The killing death of AMA is simply shouldering the cancer called Model Aviation which could be at worst case, a break-even non-related business entity, and the refusal of AMA to accept its mission reality as the promoter of a recreational sport much more than just providing the competition base for competition.

However, like in the real world, the AMA voters go and vote in the same old same old election after election, while the majority of the membership sits around either wondering what happened [:'(] or totally unaware that something did happen. [&o]