Edit: Sali Specialty Plate Self Serving

There’s an old one-line joke: “In God we trust; all others pay cash.” If legislators bite on one of the most self-serving proposals entertained in the Capitol of late, the Idaho variant could soon be “In God we trust; now pay Bill Sali.” The former Idaho lawmaker and one-term Republican congressman has suggested Idaho offer license plates imprinted with “In God We Trust.” Several other states already offer such plates and, of course, every note of U.S. currency makes the same proclamation. And currency is very much on the mind of Sali, who never saw a government expenditure he couldn’t dislike. He, with his wife and nephew, have established an American Heritage Foundation that would take a fat cut off of every fee paid to purchase or renew one of the new plates. To wit: all but $13 out of the $35 for the plate, and the $25 for renewal/ Spokesman-Review Editorial Board . More here.

Question: How can Sali or anyone else in the Idaho Legislature justify this specialty plate?