$47B In New Fees... "A Way For The Admin. To Get Around Its 'We'll Never-Raise-Taxes'"...

Bloomberg   |   Brian Faler   |   March 1, 2006 10:59 AM

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While President George W. Bush is adamantly against raising taxes, he's increasingly comfortable with imposing billions of dollars in new government fees, as the airline, commodities and shipping industries have discovered.

Bush's 2007 budget proposal would raise more than $47 billion over the next five years by imposing, raising or extending expiring fees on everything from airline tickets to oil drilling to commodity transactions to ships passing through the St. Lawrence Seaway.

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