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Apr 14, 2023Liked by Pat Garofalo

I am really surprised there's no mention of "resort fees" at hotels. These are very large fees that you cannot opt out of. What a complete joke. The majority of hotels in Las Vegas have them and anything labeled resort has them.

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Apr 22, 2023Liked by Pat Garofalo

Thanks for the shoutout Pat! More to come soon

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PA resident here; excited for this!!! Don't think it can pass the Senate but you never know.

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Apr 22, 2023Liked by Pat Garofalo

We’re working on getting bipartisan support in the House, which I believe is doable. So it’s possible we can get the Senate to move our junk fee bill too

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Yeah, your Senate is, uhhhh, tough. But hey, weirder things have happened?

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I don't hate this, but it still seems like a "fighting the symptoms" situation, because even if Ticketmaster rolls their fees up into a single shown price, I STILL have to pay the price because they're a monopoly. Seems like the juicier target would be to break Ticketmaster apart, or take some sort of anti-monopoly action in the ticketing industry.

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Yeah, I mean, I did literally say that exact thing. But that's also why I like the across the board approach, because in less concentrated industries it will have more of an effect on price.

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