What will happen if I drive with a suspended or revoked driver's licence?

The  Chicago Sun Times has done a good job over the years highlighting the consequences of driving to traffic court for a suspended or revoked driver's license case. The paper has repeatedly covered the arrests, made by sheriffs in the parking lots of traffic courts, of defendants who blatantly flouted the law by driving to traffic court for their suspended/revoked licence case. 

It looks like some hard-hitting changes may be coming to encourage citizens to more seriously consider obeying the law after their licenses are suspended or revoked. It appears likely that in the near future you will have your vehicle impounded if you get caught breaking the law by driving on a suspended or revoked license.

Some may say that it is just a way for the City to raise revenues; others may say that criminals who repeatedly commit the same crime need to be punished with appropriate consequences. Unlicensed and uninsured drivers are very costly to the rest of us, and are expensively subsidized by all law-abiding citizens. 

During these tough economic times doesn't it seem more reasonable to provide a time-constrained amnesty period for suspended/revoked license holders to regain their driving privileges and thus increase their chances of getting to and from their jobs which create tax revenue for the city?  

An accommodation like this would enable many people to each pay a relatively modest fee to quickly get their driving privileges restored and so have a much better chance of maintaining employment and tax paying status. This  small amount of financial pain spread across the significant number of unlicensed drivers would solve the three problems of punishment, restoration of privileges, and swelling City coffers.  

Is it appropriate to take away the vehicles of people who repeatedly refuse to stop driving while they have no privileges to do so? Tell me if you think an amnesty seems like a more comprehensive and reasonable solution.