Unpopular taxes and fees cropping up everywhere in the nickel and dime economy

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From running your dog at a city dog park and parking your car, to visiting the local community center, the use of government services can be like feeding a vending machine as residents find themselves nickel and dimed for services that once cost little or nothing. Here are 10 places where you will now have to pay up. Call it a symptom of the Great Recession, as governments struggle to reconcile budget shortfalls in creative if unpopular ways.

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