[george76]

Only one-third of fees collected by state and local government from motorists go directly to road construction and maintenance.

Motorists gave state and local government $40.3 billion in 2005 for the ability to drive and own a vehicle.

After accounting for administration and overhead, $28.5 billion remained for all fifty states to spend in 2005.

Of this amount, only $13 billion was spent on state and local road construction and maintenance.

http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/14/1494.asp

[Red Boots]

People are irate about the fees, but it's a state law. We just collect them,” said one of the clerks, describing how some vehicles owners have reacted to the changes angrily and expressing their displeasure at the counter.

And you are an agent of the state.

[org.whodat]

To cheap, the cost to register a motor home should be a least a $1,000.00 per year. I really get tire of passing those POS and the drivers who don’t know how to drive them.

[ltc8k6]

Who voted those folks into office?

[throwback]

They're starting to look under every rock now. It's like Omaha, the city I live in. They're x millions short this year, but oh, the new mayor is driving a gigantic new SUV on an expensive lease. To boot, we're busy building a new baseball stadium that will be used 2 weeks a year for a 120 million. Other people's money is no object. Yet they can't seem to get basic services done on budget. Dumbocrats bringing rack and ruin wherever they go.

[Buckeye McFrog]

this Summit County is in Colorado. The more famous one contains Akron, Ohio, where there are no limits to raising taxes whatsoever.