[lady lawyer]

“Of course a ‘fee’ isn’t a tax.”

It isn’t. A fee places the cost of a service on the person using it, instead of forcing everyone else to pay for it.

[Leisler]

Right. And those cost aren’t passed on to the citizens at large. Like if there was a fee on filing papers at court, you wouldn’t fold that cost into your clients bill.

Sucker don’t be hommie.