I think it’s probably legitimate that he changed it for legal reasons. The reality is, he should have stricken it from the plan. But it’s what he’s called for since he came into office. He just managed to work things out so that the Republicans get the heat for “offering” this.
Bottom line is, it’s NOT NEEDED. They’ve been spending money like drunken sailors for years. What they need is fiscal accountability.
There was NEVER a budget crisis. Just over spending.
meant to ping you to #50
What possible legal reasons? It doesn't make sense. Is it tied to vehicle registration, which appears the way they expect it to be paid, or to DLs? If it is tied to DLs, which it appears to because of points acrrued, it could easily be applied to those with out of state DLs. But if tied to vehicle registration, the included method of payment, it then becomes a tax only on a certain segment of the population, those who own vehicles.
Unlike non-smokers who are all for raising cigarette taxes, these fees do not personally concern me(no points on my DL and no vehicle registered in my name), yet I am still opposed to them.
There was NEVER a budget crisis. Just over spending.
And we do have a sizable budget surplus.