OPNION: It’s About Time! Unpaid Taxes Could Cost You Drivers License

New York State has begun sending out notices to dead beat taxpayers that the rules of the game have changed.  According to a new state law, enacted in April, if you are a taxpayer who owes more than $10,000 in back taxes to the state, that could put you on the road to losing your driver's license.

I say it is about time!

In a day and age of tightening budgets and drying up financial streams, it is only right that that those who choose to ride along on the tails of the 96% of us who pay our taxes in a timely fashion have to face the music.

And this is no small potatoes.  It is estimated that a billion dollars is owed in back taxes to the state annually.  Think about that the next time they want to close the rest stops on I-88 to save money, or they cut teacher's pay or veterans benefits.  I say this pool of dead beat taxpayers is fair game for the state to go after.  And that it is way over due!