Registering and titling motor vehicles has been my job for 5 years and I have no idea what you are going on about here.
Licensing fees basically go to maintain the roads and bridges that we all drive on (or ride on as passengers, take your pick). In my state, each county collects its own road & bridge taxes based on the population. Higher fees in more populated counties.
I’ve never had a customer question the necessity of licensing their vehicle although I have had a few kooks who simply want to rant about something because they are having a bad day.
Aren’t there more important things to get all excited about?
There are indeed! Zots, for example. Especially the big, noisy, high-voltage kind where you get n00B goo all over yer monitor. Hooyah!