Gee, Horrace....thanks for you comments. They are what I have come to expect from you; direct, to the point, no repeating of obvious points or any hint of condescension or patronizing comments.
ORIGINAL: Hossfly
For one thing, any new business venture has Start-Up expenses. Those expenses may well be a long time in recapture. For a real business, there are options to use what would be tax monies to assist in that recapture. AMA is not a real business in that specific area. If the program proves successful, then recovering Start-Up may well take 5 or more years.
Yes, I think my comments made it clear that I understand that.
ORIGINAL: Hossfly
Now you come here to report a discussion where the main points are "I believe...", "....my interpretation...", etc. You do well in that you identify such. Very good indeed. However your report is nothing factual, just conjecture. In that respect, I also have an interpretation: Mathewson is only telling you what he thinks you want to hear, nothing specific, and all changeable with the next breath. You come back with your fantasies and they make some folks feel good about something that has nothing to support anything except just more whitewash, which is rather muddy in actual color.
I would have preferred an email response so I could have just cut and pasted what he had to say, but that's not what happened. I took pains to make it clear that I was not putting words in his mouth, which is entirely appropriate. Conjecture? Some, to be sure. You can take it or leave it as you see fit. Some will find it useful, others will just write it off. Your choice.
ORIGINAL: Hossfly
This program is Smith's baby. You and yours supported Smith in his step to the next AMA Pres. where he and another prime AMA executive running a loss operation will show you the real AMA direction. I'll wager you a case of your favorite drinking whiskey against a case of my favorite beer that my interpretation comes to pass well before your interpretation does.
Over my lifetime I don't think I've ever voted for a candidate where I agreed with all of his positions, on all subjects. Have you? I wasn't a PPP supporter when I voted for Mr. Smith last year. In any event my support for him wasn't really support for him as much as it was......well, you know.
ORIGINAL: Hossfly
Edited to add: You say, "I wouldn't..." When I hear you say, "I did not..." then you just might gain some credence to your "interpretations".
Horrace, as I said, some will find the comments useful and informative, others will not. I will say that "gaining some credence" from you, or from anyone for that matter is not why I posted them and is not on my priority list.
Now, I hope you have a good day and that you get some decent flying weather there in Texas. This weekend was warm but very windy here. Monday was good then it went south again and doesn't look good for the next several days. I'm anxious for it to finally turn. I've got a new plane almost ready to maiden.
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