How many times should you have to pay for your plates?
Not the registration. It's fine that that's an annual birthday gift to one's self.
There is a variety of plates to choose from. A 'standard' design, and several specialized designs that point out points of interest, or support a cause, or are just different. These plates are not vanity plates. They are numbered in the usual way.
They do cost more, and there's nothing wrong with that. But year after year after year you have to pay the extra price. There is something wrong with that.
What if you don't pay the extra? Well, you have to turn the plates in (if you want replacements). What if you've had the plates for five years, paying that double-or-more extra price for the prettier picture? Are they going to then hand over the reclaimed plates to the next customer? Is anyone going to pay the extra for salt-soaked, rain-sprayed, weather-exposed plates for the design?
No, they are not. The plates will be scrapped. They will NOT be used again.
It makes sense to pay extra for a fancier plate. Even tiered price ranges in license tags is viable. But that should be a one-time charge, not a renewable extra fee. Because they are never going to use those numbers on that design again. Instead of scrapping or recycling and re-creating, let's keep things in circulation without having to pay more for the keeping and less for consumerism.
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