"George Patterson" wrote in message
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Jay Beckman wrote:

I didn't put a lot of emphasis on it, but what I was getting at was the
cost to register versus the cost of the vehicle being registered.

But you still seem to have missed the point. The major point of license
fees is to pay the costs of infrastructure. There's a lot of that with
cars, so the registration cost is high.

IIRC:

I hate to tell you this but most registration money goes into the states
General (ie, **** away on political favors) Fund (about 75% in AZ if my
B-I-L is correct).

Same thing with fuel taxes.

Infrastructure is often paid out of federal grant money and highway funds.