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May 18, 2009

Commentary: We're Paying for "Ugly Betty" License Plates

 

Nebraska residents will soon discover what their new license plates for motor vehicles will look like. There has been plenty of public comment – mostly unfavorable – about the amateurish designs being considered. Regardless if you love or hate the new design, you’re getting new license plates in 2011.

 

Only a government would operate in this fashion. Not many businesses would long survive long if, when customers walked into their store, they handed you an unattractive product and then told you to like it or lump it. Clearly governments don’t exactly play by the “free market rules."

Read the full commentary here:  License Plate Commentary