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burtreynolds.bsky.social
And taxation spent wisely, but at levels that are realistic to the needs of the community...not some arbitrarly low number that robs our piggy bank, lets infrastructure rot after being built and turns taxes into userfees at every turn.
September 30, 2025 at 8:37 PM
electricbluesfan.bsky.social
5/8 The deeper agenda emerges: American-style private healthcare. Despite claims to support public health care, Smith's actions "speak louder than her recent words."

This policy introduces user fees through the back door—exactly what she's always wanted.
#PrivateHealthcare #UserFees
June 16, 2025 at 11:25 PM
electricbluesfan.bsky.social
9/11 Third, introducing fees and co-pays serves Smith's broader agenda of health care privatization—"softening the Canadian public up for U.S. style pay-to-survive health care."

The money-saving claim is a "red herring"—Ottawa pays for vaccines.
#Privatization #UserFees
August 13, 2025 at 12:20 AM
brucestiftel.bsky.social
"Over decades, states have reduced public investment in higher education while tuition and student debt have soared." #highereducation #userfees #studentdebt #Facultygovernance

www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
Who Really Politicized Higher Education? (opinion)
It wasn’t the AAUP.
www.insidehighered.com
August 20, 2026 at 5:34 PM
electricbluesfan.bsky.social
4/12 Smith's 2021 paper at U of C's right-tilting School of Public Policy laid out the blueprint: user fees, co-pays, de-listing services.

"Once people get used to paying out of pocket, we can change the health care conversation."
#UserFees #Blueprint
June 14, 2025 at 7:40 AM
donaldmcd.bsky.social
#Albertans need to "get used" to 🫱🏼💸privately for their #healthcare ⚕️🏥 beginning with #userfees #co-payments & #HealthSavingsAccounts according to Premier Danielle Smith in a paper published four years ago. Is this the playbook for her UCP government's healthcare policies?

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2021 UofC Paper Reveals Smith’s Healthcare Privatization Agenda
YouTube video by Energi Media
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November 1, 2025 at 12:32 PM
laureldelaney.bsky.social
The Global Small Business Blog: U.S. Commercial Service User Fees Are Going Up Effective 7/22/26: www.globalsmallbusinessblog.com/2026/07/us-c... #globalsmallbusiness #globalsmallbusinessblog #UScommercialservice #rateincrease #userfees @weggtoday.bsky.social
U.S. Commercial Service User Fees Are Going Up Effective 7/22/26
©iStock/ImagePixel The U.S. Commercial Service is updating its User Fee Schedule to better align fees with the cost and level of effort req...
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July 7, 2026 at 1:28 PM
citizenptnewsin.bsky.social
State grant reductions are forcing community corrections in Scott County to shift costs to user-fee funds—find out how this impacts local programs!

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#ScottCounty #IN #ScottCountyCommunityCorrections #CitizenPortal #CommunitySupport #UserFees
Staff: state grant reductions shifted community corrections costs to user-fee fund
Staff told the committee that a statewide reduction in community corrections funding required moving some staff costs into the 11.22 user-fee fund; packet includes an award letter and a county breakdown showing the state-level loss.
citizenportal.ai
August 1, 2026 at 6:08 PM
eveningpostandmail.bsky.social
Dismantling a user fee without replacing it with a better one only means that the funds will have to come from somewhere else where it will almost certainly become even less accountable and only rack up interest costs.

#taxes #gastax #userfees #roads

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Trust(worthy) funds
On electric vehicles, populist pandering, and the problem with cutting the gas tax at a time like this
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July 27, 2026 at 12:55 AM
mkkeown.bsky.social
If you want to send your kid to #SummerCamp, it'll cost you more this yr in #GreaterSudbury. #UserFees for #CampSudaca and the summer playground prgms are going up substantially, but the increase will be phased in over 2y. Camp Sudaca will cost campers $325/wk.
www.thesudburystar.com/news/greater...
Greater Sudbury councillors approve stiff hikes in some user fees - Take our poll question
It will cost a lot more over the next two years to send your kids to Camp Sudaca and summer playground programs.
www.thesudburystar.com
February 26, 2026 at 5:00 PM
fdamatters.bsky.social
The latest from FDAMatters — The Grossman FDA Report:
Chesterton’s Fence: The Meaning of Deregulation & Other Thoughts About FDA

Read it here: www.fdamatters.com

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#FDA #FDAMatters #TheGrossmanFDAReport #FDApolicy #rif #userfees #deregulation #cspi #politico
FDA Matters
FDA Matters and The Grossman FDA Report — bringing you the latest in FDA News
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April 11, 2025 at 5:55 PM
fdamatters.bsky.social
The latest from The Grossman FDA Report:
The Possible Demise of User Fees: Existential Threats Demand Fresh Thinking

www.fdamatters.com/fdamatters/t...

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#FDA #FDAMatters #TheGrossmanFDAReport #FDApolicy #FDArif #rif #userfees #medicalproducts
The Possible Demise of User Fees: Existential Threats Require Outside-the-Box Thinking — FDA Matters
Last Thursday, Alec Gaffney of AgencyIQ declared “…the future of FDA’s user fee programs is in extreme jeopardy” ( here ). Alec has a well-deserved reputation as one of the best FDA analysts. Alec t...
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April 7, 2025 at 9:31 PM
fdamatters.bsky.social
The latest from The Grossman FDA Report:
The Possible Demise of User Fees: Existential Threats Demand Fresh Thinking

www.fdamatters.com/fdamatters/t...

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#FDA #FDAMatters #TheGrossmanFDAReport #FDApolicy #FDArif #rif #userfees #medicalproducts
The Possible Demise of User Fees: Existential Threats Require Outside-the-Box Thinking — FDA Matters
Last Thursday, Alec Gaffney of AgencyIQ declared “…the future of FDA’s user fee programs is in extreme jeopardy” ( here ). Alec has a well-deserved reputation as one of the best FDA analysts. Alec t...
www.fdamatters.com
April 7, 2025 at 9:31 PM
fdamatters.bsky.social
FDA, RIF's, and User Fees Explained in today's SPECIAL EDITION of FDA Matters: The Grossman FDA Report: www.fdamatters.com!
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#FDA #FDAMatters #TheGrossmanFDAReport #FDAreform #FDApolicy #FDAregulations #FutureofFDA #FDARIF #RIF #UserFees
FDA Matters
FDA Matters and The Grossman FDA Report — bringing you the latest in FDA News
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February 23, 2025 at 10:13 PM
pharmaphorum.bsky.social
The next iteration of FDA #userfees could see the charges for programmes that run clinical #earlystagetrials in the #US fall, and rise for those in which studies are conducted abroad, in a bid to #incentivise domestic #drugdevelopment.

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FDA could hike user fees for ex-US drug programmes
FDA mulls reduced fees for programmes with US-based phase 1 trials, and higher fees for those tested overseas, to incentivise US R&D.
pharmaphorum.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:05 PM
citizenptnewsma.bsky.social
Massachusetts is testing a groundbreaking pilot program that charges drivers based on the miles they travel—could this be the future of transportation funding?

Learn more here!

#MA #CitizenPortal #UserFees #SustainableMobility #TransportationFunding
Massachusetts DOT Launches Vehicle Miles Traveled Pilot Program with Federal Funding Application
Pilot program evaluates user fees based on distance driven and impacts on transportation funding
citizenportal.ai
October 1, 2025 at 4:19 PM
citizenptnewsma.bsky.social
The North Middlesex Regional School District is at a crossroads, debating whether to bring food services back in-house amidst budget concerns and shifting priorities.

Get the details!

#MA #CitizenPortal #EducationServices #UserFees
School district explores in-house food services amid budget concerns
District officials consider reverting to in-house food services after years of outsourcing.
citizenportal.ai
June 14, 2025 at 3:57 PM