Florida drivers, brace for impact on your wallets

How about cutting staff and utilizing on line optopns? No gotta raise taxes. AT least it is not targeted at a small group.

These damn socialist Republicans are killing us.

Politicians dont raise taxes. They raise fees. This is just another way they can say to the public " I did not raise taxes". What a joke these politicians are. Yet we allow them to bleed us all the time. remember we voted them in and we asked for it!!!

how about cutting some of the wastefull entitlement programs ?
I guess this is the "change" we needed !

I live in Arizona. My 2007 Camry's registration is $400.

Consider yourselves lucky!

My 1997 Ford's registration is $100

You want to know how to save State money? Instead of having all the State legislators having to meet together in Tallahassee to conduct their business, have them stay in their home districts and meet virtually. There is absolutely no compelling reason to physically locate everyone in Tallahassee with the video and audio linkage systems we have today. Hasn't anyone ever heard of "Go to Meeting".com etc. and "Skype" etc.??? Tell me you can't communicate and vote and show each other graphic etc. using your PC and I'll tell you that you either are lying or don't know much about modern technology. These also are just "light" applications. Today our legislators have to maintain two offices - one home in their districts and one in Tallahassee and spend all the money going back and forth, living in two places. Electronically connecting them together is one Helluva lot cheaper than physically doing it. Washington can do the same thing just as easily - maybe cheaper, as they have access to military communication systems far advanced over civilian. That's where a lot of your money goes. As for education costs, wring some out of the parents of the kids in school today. They made 'em, they are supposed to feed 'em, house 'em, clothe 'em, and educate 'em, not the village. You only need enough school tax for he wretchedly poor to obtain an education, not everyone. Change the damned Florida Constitution one word and you have the legal basis - erase the word "free" and insert the word "affordable".

Im So Tired Of the govt raising prices on everything. They need to stop and think all the normal non rich people are already loseing there homes cars and jobs soon no normal people will exist in our world.The govt controls the money make some more the citizens cant we are giving all we make to the govt already why dont you jerks just stop taking all our money and come to OUR WORLD AND TRY TO SURVIVE!!!!!!

Looks like the tax and spend Republicans/Conservatives are at it again.

I agree that if they were going to do this, it should have been in much smaller percentages over a few years. Hopefully by then things will have improved some and people could afford this more. All this right now is bad. Some people are struggling as it is.

And what will they do with all the extra money?? Either extort it or waste it.

But the Republicans do not believe in raising taxes. Oh that is right these are fees not taxes. If it smells like a pile of siht it is a pile of siht.

JealousInAZ wrote:

I live in Arizona. My 2007 Camry's registration is $400.
Consider yourselves lucky!

We do not really care what you do in AZ. We live and pay in Florida.

Roy wrote:

Hey Crist News flash price gouging
in the state of Fl is illegal
prez clinton got impeached for a blow job your just flat out tring to start a civil war arnt ya. How do you expect to suck us citizens dry when were in recession,um there aint going to be no money for anything if ya keep this crap up and if ya havent noticed there aint no republican in office anymore so give it up wont know one vote you into the presidents office ....Looser

I agree with several things you said, but your grammar and spelling are so poor, I could barely get past that to read your comment.

Clinton wasn't impeached for his sexual activities. His perjurious statements about his sexual activities earned him that.

Your Republican officials raising taxes again.

We will NOT forget when next election time rolls around.

JealousInAZ wrote:

I live in Arizona. My 2007 Camry's registration is $400.
Consider yourselves lucky!

Same in Maine where we are charged excise tax. Solution, drive an older but reliable car and save on tag and insurance

cigarettes are not a necessity. driving is.

they should have added "fees" to cigarettes instead.

better yet: legalize marijuana, treat it like alcohol, and tax that. you wanna talk about revenue & stimulus? holy cow...imagine the skyrocketing Frito Lay & Pizza Hut stock...

JealousInAZ wrote:

My 1997 Ford's registration is $100

Yea but the average wage in Florida is 10 dollars per hour

Thanks Republicans, for annually sticking it to the middle-class. We love your persistance!!! Gosh, you guys are just great!!