That is not what you wrote.Your words;"It's a tax." referrring to license plate "renewals".
Your registration does not wear out,fade away,or change over time,so the only reason for "renewal" is a *user fee*,no other reason.
It may be small,but applied to millions of autos per state,it adds up to a nice piece of change.
Sure it is a user fee;the "renewal" sticker is your tax stamp,just like on cigarette packs.
Sure,due to bumping into things,and here in the South,even fading. But not common enough to necessitate "renewal" EVERY YEAR.
Florida sends me a new plate with a new number every 5 years,IIRC. One nice thing is that if your FL.plate gets damaged in a collision or stolen,you can get a new plate FREE.You need a police report reference number,though.Oh,and the yearly FL plate "renewal" fees go to the county TAX COLLECTOR.
No,because it doesn't affect anyone in the public venue.
No,you simply refuse to acknowledge the obvious. License plate fees ARE a "user fee";for the *license to USE* the vehicle on public roads.(state permission) I suspect that if this were not part of the argument about licensing bicycles for road use,you'd have admitted it to be a user fee long ago.
-- Jim Yanik jyanik at kua.net
