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Message: <blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 880631" data-attributes="member: 1246">Re: Obamanation here todayZIP | Monday, September 19, 2011 @ 9:30 pmAP: “It’s Not Just Millionaires Who’d Pay More” Under Obama’s Jobs Plan, Ordinary Americans Hit With $130 Billion In New Gov’t Fees…You think the ignorant saps who are buying into his class warfare shtick have any idea they’re about to get socked with fees up the wazoo?WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s not just millionaires who’d pay more under President Barack Obama’s latest plan to combat the deficit. Air travelers, federal workers, military retirees, wealthier Medicare beneficiaries and people taking out new mortgages are among those who would pay more than $130 billion in government revenues raised through new or increased fees. Airline passengers would see their federal security fees double from $5 to $10 for a nonstop round-trip flight and triple to $15 by 2017, raising $25 billion over the coming decade. Federal workers would face an additional 1.2 percentage point deduction from their paychecks to contribute $21 billion more for their pensions over the same period. Military retirees would pay a $200 fee upon turning 65 to have the government pay their out-of-pocket Medicare expenses. They’d also pay more for non-generic prescription drugs. And it’ll cost corporate jet owners a new $100 fee for each flight. The fees aren’t taxes. They’re charged to people who use government services or receive benefits such as taxpayer-subsidized health care, and they typically defray the government’s cost of providing a service. The fee on corporate jets and other private passenger planes, for example, would raise about $1 billion a year to help finance the cost of air traffic control. Recreational flyers won’t have to pay. Many of Obama’s proposals are retreads from earlier budget proposals, including those submitted by his predecessors. Most have been rejected year after year. Some ideas, like requiring wealthier veterans to pay more for their health care, stir up opposition from powerful interest groups. Others, like the bigger security fee for flyers, seem too close to a ticket tax increase. </blockquote>

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