[CW] FCC Fees for Amateur Licenses starts April 19, 2022

[John]

... and while I don't mind paying the $3.50 a year, it bothers me that I've
given the federal bureautocracy more money to squander on stupid stuff.

John K5MO

On Fri, Mar 25, 2022 at 9:29 AM Steve WD8DAS via CW <cw at mailman.qth.net>
wrote:

>
> When we pushed back on the latest license-fees idea, one of the things
> that amused me were the many hams arguing in favor of paying fees and even
> higher fees.  They argued it was a good thing, so I asked if they had been
> voluntarily sending money to the government for the reasons they'd
> outlined.  No responses were forthcoming.
>
> I can certainly appreciate the arguments pro and con, but people
> passionately arguing in favor of higher prices, fees, or taxes always seems
> a little suspect.
>
> Here in my state, for example, we had a debate about adding and increasing
> fees for use of state parks.  When I pointed out that higher cost of park
> usage would tend to discourage people of lower-income brackets from going
> in the parks, there were those who open said that was a good result.  The
> same happened a couple times during the ham radio license fee discussions.
> I remember a guys saying things along the lines of, "If you can't afford
> those fees, you should not be in the hobby."
>
>
> Steve WD8DAS
>
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