Politicians get paid the same whether the state collects a bit more money from car sales or not. It's not like every excess tax dollar ends up in their pocket.

Politicians get paid the same whether the state collects a bit more money from car sales or not. It's not like every excess tax dollar ends up in their pocket. Indeed, it's far more likely that car companies will want to lobby (AKA bribe) individual politicians to stop a law like this.