[Robin S]

...For ex. your phone or cable bill,? Just would like to know if they can do it by law or do they just do it to make more money.

[cranky fahrt]

Huh? They can do it by law, AND do it to make more money. There franchise fees are no different than any other expense they have, which they recover through the fees they charge

[jerofjungle]

They can unfortunately do it, and they do it to make more money.

[Sano]

they do it to make a profit and pay wages/salary

[gcbtrading]

Of course it is legal to incorporate the cost of doing business in the cost of your product.

[Bob A]

They can pass on any fee they want.. even if it doesn't exist. My cable company keeps raising their rates due to the cost of energy. We do have choices though.. nobody is forcing us to subscribe to services or frequent establishments.

[janice h]

Legally they can so they do. Every time a city raises a fee on a business the business raises the price it charges. So the citizen gets the cost every time. Cities do this to raise money without raising the tax rate so that we the people won't yell as loud when we pay the bill. Reality is we pay one way or we pay another way.