The DMV Taking Our Money  

What does your states drivers license look like? How recently has the state changed it's appearance? How much does it cost to renew or replace it where you live?
Well let me tell you, I just had a birthday in March, and this was the year to renew. That cost me $24.90. And in less than six months I lost it while moving. So, I had to get it replaced and guess what? Yep, another $24.90. I can't believe it, I just gave them $50 for my license. However, if you lose your state ID it only costs $7.90 to replace it. Call me crazy, but does that sound wrong? I mean it's being printed on the same type of plastic, in the same machine, in the same location, so what's with the price hike?
Now, in Febuary my boyfriend was due to get his license renewed and his looked different than mine. So apparently there had been some money spent by the state to change the look of this much needed card. So, having lost mine in July, and stalling to give them another $24.90, in hopes of finding the one I just bought in March, I go without my drivers license until September 11th. Yes, very hard to get in bars without it. Anyway, I finally go and give the $24.90 and to my surprise, they have changed the look of the driver's license, yet again. Do they have nothing better to do? That money could've been used to save some of the jobs of the 96 police officers.
When they handed me the card I just stared at it because it looked like it was from another state. And I looked at that thing for about 15 minutes when I got to the car. I couldn't believe they spent tax payers money to give the driver's license 8 different holligrams(not sure I spelled that right). They put a holligram of the state bird (cardinal), the state flag, the state capitol,a ribbon, the state seal, the ohio safety slogan, and something else I can't tell what it is. It's just ridiculous.