Last time I checked, neither Tower Hobbies nor the LHS asked me if I was worthy before they took my money.

KE, some of those who say you need to spend more on the hobby will someday wake up at retirement age and suddenly discover that they have nothing much coming in and just a garage full of busted ARFs instead of a halfway decent investment portfolio.

The average American has less equity and savings to show for their efforts today than at any other time since the end of WWII, and people think stagnant/declining AMA membership is the AMAs' fault?