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To: American Spirit who wrote (277592)	3/1/2006 6:44:26 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574342

The main difference between a tax and a government fee IMO is that a government fee should be directly for a specific government action or access to a government facility. If the feds charge a fee for me to enter a national park I wouldn't consider it to be the same as general taxes. Some of these fees do look a little more like taxes. The exact boundary is more a grey area than a hard objective black and white line. If this is considered a tax increase it is a pretty small one. Certainly less than some people here have called for. Tim