In God We Trust, if the APR is Good.

If He lived in Indiana you may find the "In God We Trust" license plate on ol' JC's Holy Roller (probably a Toyota Pious). Unlike the numerous other license plate designs Indiana offers, if a person requests the "In God We Trust" plate, they do not have to pay the $15 administrative fee (to be fair, the "Lincoln's Boyhood Home" is also available). The ACLU filed a lawsuit, not to have the plates banned, but to simply have the state charge the normal $15 fee.

State Rep. Woody Burton, who sponsored the bill that created the plate, said there was no reason to impose a $15 fee because the plate costs no more than regular plates. Then why, Mr. Burton, charge for the other plates if they do not cost more? Burton also said '"[o]ver half a million people have bought these plates already, so somebody must like them."'Actually, "bought" is not quite right, Woody. They were given the plate with the normal registration renewal. That is what this lawsuit all about.

Assuming 75% of those who own the license plate would still have it if the state charged the $15 fee, this would mean nearly $7 million more revenue for the state. If 75% retention is unreasonable, then maybe they should change the license plate to read "In God We Trust, if the APR is Good." Now if we can just get those churches to start paying taxes, we may just dig out of this recession.