DL Renewal Fees

Ridiculous:

• For more than 25 years, it has cost Illinoisans 10 dollars to renew their driver's licenses. That is about to change.

  On Oct. 11, the cost of renewing a standard Illinois driver's license jumps from the $10 in effect since 1983 to $30.

  The hike in the renewal fee came as lawmakers and Gov. Pat Quinn raised a number of taxes and fees in order to pay for a $30 billion program to build roads, schools and bridges.

Who wants to bet renewals start to drop? Illegals already feeling the heat won't renew. People laid off won't be able to spare the money. Resentful individuals will refuse to pay a 200% increase in the fees as their own form of protest.

We're sensing a massive disturbance.