> Fees are tied to something specific. ... they cannot be used for something else. ... The height of the fee must not exceed the cost of the service.... In Ger

> Fees are tied to something specific. ... they cannot be used for something else. ... The height of the fee must not exceed the cost of the service.... In Germany that may be true, but I was speaking of the US, where the terms are used differently. There is no expectation here that "fees" can only be used to defray the cost of providing specific services.