I think you're right. The system has worked very well over the years. There have been minor squabbles between the various elements, but overall the system has worked happily for everyone for a lot of years. This fee-for-carriage thing is new and different, and that's disruptive of the whole sort of commaradarie we've managed to have over the years.
We're just not going to pay it. We just think it is the most insidious idea. To tax people on something they get nothing for at all is just a crazy idea.