The government agencies have no choice but to change the fees. The credit card companies charge a fee for every transaction. Not collecting the fee would be lowering the amount collected for the taxes or other fee and thus be giving preferential treatment.
Businesses don’t change a fee because they take it out of their profits. They compensate by raising their prices to cover the costs. While generally only about 3%, these fees amount to a large amount of money for businesses both large and small.
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Don Wiley
GoldWingNut (a motorcycle enthusiast not a gilded fastener)
A student of The Villages, its history and its future.
City of Wildwood
www.goldwingnut.com
YouTube – YouTube.com/GoldWingnut and YouTube.com/GoldWingnutProductions
Carpe diem quam minimum credula postero
Society is produced by our wants, and government by wickedness; the former promotes our happiness positively by uniting our affections, the latter negatively by restraining our vices. - Thomas Paine, 1/10/1776
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