You're asking how taxes and fees are different from criminal penalties? I guess ...

		thfuran on March 25, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Time to end the speed limit in US airspace? You're asking how taxes and fees are different from criminal penalties? I guess the simplest way to put it would be that you go to prison for not paying enough of the one, whereas you'd go to prison for paying too much of the other.