vehicle registration fee increase

[kalakoa]

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Originally posted by PauHana

Maintenance costs rise and they has to be paid some how.

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They seem to be addressing this cost increase from both sides: raise fees, but also do less maintenance.

[pahoated]

What happens if EPA mandates DMV to annual emission checks along with the safety check? Any guess on fees and fines then?

"This island Hawaii on this island Earth"

[kalakoa]

I'm sure any increase will be "modest", and only cost the "average" person another "few dollars a month". (This must be universally true of all tax/fee increases, because they say this exact thing every single time...)

I lived in a state with emissions check; both the registration and inspection were less expensive than Hawaii, so it's not clear where the money is actually going here, especially considering that County is "not responsible" for so many miles of road.

[ourdoc]

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Originally posted by kalakoa

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Originally posted by KeaauRich
As for employees, ending furloughs just means they're finally returning to their full salaries of three yesrs sgo. Why shouldn't they expect a raise after all this time?

We keep asking our government employees to do more and more with less and less, but they can't do everything with nohing....

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Perhaps they should trade places with someone who makes $7.25/hour (without benefits, a full-time schedule, or any possibility of a raise) so they better understand the impact of their "modest" tax/fee increases on the "average" person -- minimum-wage workers are the very definition of "do more and more with less and less".

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Perhaps they should just go to any mainland area and get the same job for more money leaving uneducated people to fill their positions, like 911/dispatchers (yes they do both). Workers here get paid less than most mainland counterparts yet they have to pay higher prices like anyone else.

[kalakoa]

Exactly my point: the minimum wage is an insult, and failure to raise it borders on criminal.