<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by mdtony:
Well, writing to your Congressman won't do any good because if you look at the breakdown, they're all pretty much state and local taxes.</font>
That depends on your purpose. I assume Congress could make it mandatory for rental companies to quote the full daily rate in all advertising and all quotes. That would make it much easier to compare rates and stop the misleading practice of adding on all manner of taxes and charges later.
Indeed, a decent blanket consumer protection law that prevented misleading advertising in any industry and prevented charging any amount that wasn't fully disclosed in advance would do it.