Study Reveals Cost Of 'Taxation By Citation' In 3 Georgia Cities

If you’ve ever been pulled over for driving three miles over the
speed limit, you may have been subject to ‘taxation by citation’ —
local governments enforcing rules and fees not for public safety,
but to generate revenue. A recent study from the Institute for
Justice, a non-profit libertarian public interest law firm, looked
at taxation by citation in Georgia, highlighting the practice in
Riverdale, Morrow and Clarkston. Jennifer McDonald, a senior
research analyst at the Institute for Justice, joined On Second
Thought to discuss how these short-term boosts to city coffers can
have long-term costs to citizen morale.