Originally Posted by aklim

How is your road tax situation going with 40% of it used for other things besides road projects? They took a lot of money to get the "Tobacco Windfall" and that money was supposed to be for getting people off tobacco, pay for health care costs, etc, etc. That money was spent to get the "Tobacco Windfall". What became of that money that we got? Used for all sorts of other things. Fannie and Freddie? Need I say more? SSI is in trouble, not now but in the future. Wanna bet it will not require a bailout sometime in the future? Also, wasn't that fund raided for all sorts of things? The list can go on for a while. So, tell me. If you owned a pharmacy and needed to go out for a while, who do you give your keys to? The druggie down the street that promises to keep things safe?

Look at them today. They can't even balance their own budget in spite of using cash accounting and other accounting tricks. Now you think we should get them into another financial situation where they can use and abuse it?