A fee required by the government and PAYABLE to the government is a tax. A royalty payment is not a tax.
But, of course, you already knew this. Just like you knew that it requires 4 justices to agree to hear a case before it is picked up by the court, and that Roberts does not sit on a throne, picking and choosing what the court hears.
But, then, truth to a liberal is like a cross to a vampire.
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