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Originally Posted by The_Judge
yes.....more government, less control of our own businesses. That will work great. The US government is so far in debt it should be regulating no one, ever.
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Government involvement has its place and creating a level playing field is one of those functions that only government can play.
Look at it this way. If company A decides to hide some of the costs in these invisible fees they can offer a lower apparent price. If that goes uncontested companies B, C and D will almost be forced to do the same thing or lose business. Pretty soon a huge chunk of your bill is hidden making it impossible to know what you are being charged.
What if you went to your physician and after the office visit your doctor applied a waiting room fee, a staff greeting fee, a lighting fee, bathroom fee, breathable air fee etc, etc? You get the idea. No one would put up with that. Why do we put up with this?
This only goes on because no one has stood up and objected and if we continue to remain silent this underground economy will continue to pick our pockets with this unethical behavior. Its clearly wrong, we need to make it illegal so that the playing field will be level for all companies and consumers will have the power to actually compare offers for services and products.