Letter to Colorado Governor Ritter regarding new vehicle

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I doubt its anything that simple.  Licensing fees are political derivations
and can be based on rational and not so rational justifications.  We're
seeing a similar registration fee increase, the same one that led to the
ouster of the last governor here in Kahleefohnia ... no cries for a recall
this time.  

The thing is, license fees are only part of one's overall budget.  It may be
that vehicle license fees are higher in one state than another, but since I
don't know the whole picture in Colorado I'd be very hesitant to dismiss a
complaint to a doubling of licensing fees.

Steve Buchholz

-----Original Message-----

On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 9:52 PM, DeWitt Harrison <six-rs at comcast.net> wrote:

> On Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:36:14 -0400
> "kneale at coslink.net" <kneale at coslink.net> wrote:
>
> > Wow, $280 more for SEVEN cars? And that DOUBLED your previous fees? I
pay
> > more than that PER CAR to license each of my Audis.  Michigan bases its
> > annual license plate fee on the manufacturer's original vehicle price,
> and
> > you pay that fee each year until it qualifies as an antique.
>
> Not surprised. Michigan is in the top three states, I think, for big taxes
> behind New York and New Jersey. I hear that's not working out so well
> for the state, economy-wise.
>

I think that has more to do with having been big in manufacturing from the
start. Southern states and western states never had manufacturing economies
historically, and thus have a lot less to lose from globalization and
economic downturns. While high taxes might have something to do with it,
they're certainly not *THE* cause of Michigan's current woes.
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