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Published November 30, 2008 at 8:18 pm by Ken Hawkins.
Filed in: Promoted, Politics, Opinions, S.C. Department of Motor Vehicles, license plates. References: The Post and Courier.
State's license plate system is overly convoluted
See one you like? Well, there’s dozens more.
The Post and Courier on South Carolina’s convoluted license plate system:
Are Pearl Harbor survivors (who pay $15) worthy of more honor than other World War II vets who pay $5 more? Former prisoners of war pay nothing. Purple Heart recipients pay nothing. People who have lost family members in the service (Gold Star Families) pay $30. Medal of Honor recipients get free plates.
Turns out, our state’s license plate pricing system is just as complicated as the process by which we make a plate for the state’s Christians, but not any other religious group.
Sounds like it’s time for an overhaul of that system.
Heck, an inkjet print-at-home system would be better than this mess.
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I think the varying prices reflect the fiscal condition of the state and the compromises needed when the legislation was passed more than the amount of honor bestowed on the holder of the plate. In all cases the amount is trivial. Anyone that can afford a car can afford $35 or so a year.
BTW, congratulations to SC for joining the growing list of states with a Gold Star Family plate. The others can be seen at http://www.goldstarmoms.com/Resources/GSFLicensePlateStatus/GSFStatus.ht....
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