Mitt Romney Says He Didn't Raise Taxes—But he socked Massachusetts with more than 1,000 fees like these:

$400

Proposed fee for testing positive for tuberculosis

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Washington Post, 4/7/2003

“We raised fees on all sorts of things in Massachusetts.” – Mitt Romney

Massachusetts taxes and fees went up by $750 million per year under Governor Romney.

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$400

Proposed fee for testing positive for tuberculosis

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Washington Post, 4/7/2003

$2,000

Fee increase to sell wines for sacramental uses

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Chapter 26 of the Acts of 2003, Section 413

100%

Proposed increase in the commercial driver's license road test fee

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New York Times, 10/1/2011

$50

Increase on psychologist license fees

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Massachusetts Regulations, 8/29/03

34%

Increase on pharmacist license application fees

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Massachusetts Regulations, 8/29/03

$25

Fee increase for nurses

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Massachusetts Regulations, 8/29/03

$80

Fee increase to change your name

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Chapter 26 of the Acts of 2003, Section 507

$75

Fee increase for milk laboratory certificate

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Massachusetts Regulations, 6/6/03

51%

Fee increase for master plumber licenses

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Massachusetts Regulations, 8/29/03

50%

Increase for a master barber license application

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Massachusetts Regulations, 8/29/03

100%

Increase in driver learner's permit fees

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Massachusetts Register, 6/20/03

133%

Proposed increase in the cost of an inmate phone call

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Boston Globe, 2/28/03

$113

Increase on home inspector license fees

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Massachusetts Regulations, 8/29/03

$50

Increase in rental fees for youth hockey groups at state ice rinks

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Massachusetts Regulations, 9/12/03

$100

Proposed fee on the mentally handicapped

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The Phoenix, 3/6/03

50%

Increase for hairdresser shop license application fee

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Massachusetts Regulations, 8/29/03

$150

Fee increase for golf season passes

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Boston Globe, 3/13/2003

50%

Fee increase to renew a funeral director's license

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Massachusetts Regulations, 8/29/03

$75

Fee increase to get a firearms ID card

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Chapter 26 of the Acts of 2003, Section 428

$75

Fee increase to carry firearms

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Chapter 26 of the Acts of 2003, Section 429

$60

Fee increase to file for divorce

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Chapter 26 of the Acts of 2003, Section 507

50%

Increase in cremation fees

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Chapter 140 of the Acts of 2003, Section 18

$10

Fee for a state certificate of blindness

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Chapter 26 of the Acts Of 2003, Section 8

$200

Fee increase to certify an ambulance equipped for basic life support

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Boston Globe, 7/24/2003

51%

Fee increase to renew a barber's license

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Massachusetts Regulations, 8/29/03

$75

Fee increase for ammunition licenses

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Chapter 26 of the Acts of 2003, Section 427

$400

Fee increase on alcohol licenses for airlines, railroad companies, and shipping vessels

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Chapter 26 of the Acts of 2003, Section 412

$5,000

Fee increase to sell and import all alcoholic beverages

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Chapter 26 of the Acts of 2003, Section 413

$75

Fee increase for EMT certification

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Boston Globe, 7/24/2003