Fees aren't Taxes? Right.......

       Great, the government has decided to charge us more for flying. But it's okay, because they're user fees and not taxes. They're not the same thing. Right? Wrong. They're just calling them user fees in order to make us feel like they're better, but in reality, the purpose of user fees is to raise revenue. Isn't that what taxes are? Nice try, government.
       In the article entitled Why Politicians Keep Jacking Up Taxes on Travelers, by Brad Tuttle, he discusses the increase that is to come on fees paid at airlines. Politicians believe that this is the best alternative to raise revenue instead of having to create new taxes. However, just because new taxes aren't created doesn't mean that the "fees" aren't taxes or that we're better off. They're still making citizens pay more, but have a thin argument to defend it.
       I find it interesting that politicians think that we are going to be tricked by calling them fees. It's almost a little insulting that they think we're that stupid. And I also don't understand why they constantly have to add fees to everything to "raise revenue." Why do we have to increase revenue all the time? As far as I'm concerned the government isn't handing out benefits left and right. So where is the money going? Why do the citizens have to pay more in order to fund whatever sort of spending the government is doing? It's so unfair. I know that I'm only seventeen, and so my knowledge of government programs and all of that is limited. But I don't think that there has been any sort of upgrade in what the government provides for us. And if that's the case, then it doesn't make sense to have to increase the revenue. It does make sense that the government is probably using money to pay for unnecessary things and now needs more money, and where else would they get it from than from us?
        Regardless of what the situation is, I do not like this. I think the government should find a better way to get money. One that doesn't involve taking ours. It's not okay for them to decide what to do and where to spend and then use us as funding. And by the way government, calling taxes something else doesn't make them not taxes.