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Originally Posted by RawAlex
*sigh* License plate. That thing with the number and / or letters on the car that allows you to drive the car on the street, aka the registration. In most places, it is a yearly fee. Some states (Hate to tell you that Pennsylvania is a state, even if you want to call it something else) use a sticker or tag system to mark the year as paid, others require smog testing or similar.
The concept is this: Things like strip clubs, beer, smokes and other "sin" items are tax disproportionately to other forms of taxation or fees, because the government knows that they can get away with it. Conversely, things that people would complain about, like the price of putting their car on the road or building permits, example, are kept significantly lower than their costs to make people happy.
I am sorry if this basic concept is beyond the understanding of someone from such an important place as a Commonwealth.
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(Commonwealth argument aside, as it's off topic, and really not all that important,)
Ummmm...YEA. That's exactly my point. But I don't think the people of Virginia would agree with you on that. As their "Random Tax" (As I prefer to call it,) That is, the automobile Citation is now about $3,000, and they will allow you to pay that in 3 yearly installments of $1,000 each.
And, believe it or not, they do refer to cigarettes, booze, et taxes as "sin taxes" here. (Gotta love that.)
But again, I contend those taxes are different. "Free Speech" is one of the big three enumerated. The others, are not.