http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3238116Oh my.
catnhatnh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Fri May-02-08 11:12 PM
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Auto Registration-One More Lie...
When you re-register a car in your state, what does it cost? That is an important question-since they tell you it is a fee, should it not bear some relationship to an expense or cost??? In my state it runs about $100 and is based on the vehicle and it's age. When you pay, they plug the numbers into a computer and then provide two stickers to place on the plates...is that truly a "fee", since the actual cost of services could never exceed a quarter of that?
liberal N proud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Fri May-02-08 11:18 PM
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1. It is a property tax
In some states you declare your vehicles on your property taxes each year. Others include the property tax in the price of the registration.
Of the states I live in, two included it in the registration and one you declared your vehicles on an annual tax statement. Not sure which one was fairer or cheaper.
I do know if feels more expensive at registration time.
AZDemDist6 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Fri May-02-08 11:18 PM
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2. I think mine runs about $12
Redneck Socialist Donating Member Fri May-02-08 11:23 PM
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3. C'mon catnhatnh, we don't have taxes in NH don'cha know?
It's just another tax on property.
Ain't NH grand?
catnhatnh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Fri May-02-08 11:34 PM
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5. Yep...Just acting bitter again...
...we have no taxes-just fees.If the fees stagger you, tough shit.A fee where I come from reflects the cost of providing a service (computer input and two stickers-top end $20).To charge 5 times as much and pretend it reflects the costs rather than a tax is Bushesque...and unworthy of NH...
gristy (1000+ posts) Fri May-02-08 11:26 PM
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4. It is a fee to help cover the costs to the state of you driving your car over the year
Not a fee just to pay for printing out those little stickers.
catnhatnh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Fri May-02-08 11:43 PM
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6. Really-what costs does the state accrue...
Because I drive much less than 5000 miles per year and the same "fee" covers 1 million miles...The cost is a "registration fee" which SAYS it is about the cost to recopy the same license plate info they've held for the past 3 years. Suppose you would or could charge to provide the "little stickers" and to remember a six digit number for a year-that is all they provide.What would that cost.The "fee" is on it's face a lie.
evlbstrd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Fri May-02-08 11:47 PM
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7. Revolution now!
The man is keepin' you down!
As a resident of, and an automobile owner in, Nebraska, franksolich has no comment.
I'm sure there's many reasons Airwolf here, raised in Nebraska, lives in Iowa; I'm not sure why he does, but I suspect one of the top 25 reasons he does is because of automobile registration costs.
I'll never forget the expression on the face of a welder from Texas circa 1999, who had just moved to Nebraska, when he got the bill for registering his vehicle in this state. (Of Vietnamese derivation, he had come to me asking why this was.)
In Texas, he had paid $25 for one year.
In Nebraska, the bill was $1640 for one year.
