(Brent P) wrote in
:

> In article >, Jim Yanik
> wrote:
>
>>>> But the license "renewal fee" IS a user fee,it gives you license to
>>>> USE the roads;no pay,no use.
>>>
>>> Just produce the IL law that says so.
>>
>> More dishonesty;you KNOW that even in IL,if your plates are
>> expired,you can be ticketed and that's it's illegal to drive that
>> vehicle,and that unregistered autos cannot legally be driven on
>> public rodas.
>
> It's illegal to drive with a burned out headlamp

Except that is a "wearing out" problem.
OTOH,you pay a yearly fee for "renewing" something that does NOT wear
out,or fade away,or change;a disguised tax.

But you know that.You're just not honest enough to admit it.


>and I can be ticketed
> for it too. Being illegal and subject to tickets doesn't make a usage
> tax.

No,you pay for "license" to USE your vehicle.and pay again and again,every
year.IOW,a usage tax.



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