[Advogado]

Quote: Economics must be different where you come from. Where I come from you increase your price to cover the increased costs or you go out of business. Unquote


I am not sure where you studied economics, but you must live in a communist country.

In a capitalist economy, you must sell your product at a competitive price or you go out of business. You cannot simply add increased costs to your price (unless the costs are also increased for your competitors). That is why businesses always try to reduce their costs.

In any case, how much the Developer would have to absorb is not the issue here. The issue is tax increase for everybody versus impact-fee increase for the Developer.