New I ski NY License Plate

UVSHTSTRM said:

God, enough with the plates! Maine, a relatively small state must have at least 20 different ones. I was born and raised in Maine and haven't lived there since college, but everytime I go home to visit the folks there seems to be a new one. About 3 years ago I went home to head up to the 'loaf' with some friends for Reggae weekend. I arrived alone and upon my arrival the first thing that struck me was the odd number of plates from New Mexico......after further investigation I realized Maine had a new plate.

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jaja111 said:

Let us in NY, for those not in NY, not forget how the orange plates came to be. The idea was hatched to supply everyone with the new plates when their reg expired or they purchased a new one, adding $75, I think, to the cost for a "new plate" fee. It's only purpose was revenue generation (like soda pop tax for kids health, higher cigarette taxes to get people to quit, higher thruway tolls to "maintain" the road, etc.). When this came out as a few new plates were showing up, the sheeple of NY cried out in fury (even though they cried none when they let it pass through the legislature). When the politicians wanted to be re-elected they pulled the law back, ditched the new plate fee, allowed the white and blue plates be kept with each reg renewal, and then blamed the whole idea on a blind governor. Don't forget they were stuck with enough manufactured plates (not made in prisons here) for every car in the state, having already spent the damn money.

So when you come to NY, remember these facts:

-The odd mixture of orange vs. blue plates that you'll see is the greatest symbol of a truly dysfunctional state government run by morons making lame attempts to scam its citizens for revenue.

-Any custom plates seen (or orange plates purchased to replace perfectly valid white and blue ones) are people stupid enough to hand more money to the state, and I'll guess, continue to re-elect the dysfunctional morons who laugh their way through their public service "career".

Its not just the politics of this state I'm fed up with, its the people who let it happen. Buying a custom plate here isn't just letting it happen, its HELPING it happen.

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SkiDork said:

a bit of a stretch - the existence and availability of custom plates doesn't have any bearing on the waffle decision about not having to pay extra for the new color.

BTW if they really want to get retro, I'd love the opposite color blue background orange lettering

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