Unraveling user fees

摘要

For years now when the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture presents its proposed budget to Congress, the agency has tried to force meat and poultry processing plants to help pay for the costs of their food-safety inspections by the U.S. government. This effort comes in the form of "user fees." User fees would charge companies for inspection services that have always been funded by the federal government from money collected each year from taxpayers.