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Originally Posted by Chas H
The highway infrastructure needs constant maintenence. With drivers using less fuel and the advent of cars that use no fuel, revenue has fallen short of what is needed. ... What do you nay sayers propose? That our highways just continue to deteriorate? Raise fuel taxes while the public moves to electric cars?
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I've got a novel idea...
How 'bout we take the money that is collected as tax on fuel and put it towards the items that fuel is use on...like the roads.
We've got a Govenor (Doyle (D)) that took over $400 Million from the Transportation Fund and GAVE it to the Teachers' Union...a big kiss and thank you for getting his sorry @55 re-elected during the last election-cycle/budget.
No one in our state had the 'nads to sue to get the money put back in the appropriate area...and I'm sure that that little item is not a very isolated example of what's going on around the country...
Then the I-35 Bridge collapsed in Minneapolis/St. Paul and now everyone is scared. Now they say they need big bucks to fix the infrastructure...no kidding. Ignore the problem, don't budget ANY MONEY for maintenance and when roads start to fall apart from either neglect or proper due-dilligence on the part of regular maintenance, it's the tax-payers that have to come to the rescue 'cause our "leaders" don't know the difference between a doughnut hole and their own back-hole...
You know what should really be done?
Take whatever tax that is being collected, eliminate the "General Fund" and apply the tax to whatever item/area it was originally designed to pay for.
Welfare/Social programs would go to hell and rightfully so...if those programs are so needed and required, then go to the source of where this crap is being generated and tax them...the "General Fund" (GF) is a big bowl where wuss-legislators go to get money 'cause they don't have the brains or fortitude to think a problem through and fix it...they just "dip" into the GF, throw the dollars at the problem, expect a pat on the back and no one is worse off...only better...or so they think....
Here's something to think about...What's the condition of the GF where you live?
Pretty sad? Almost scary?
Guess what? Everyone's been so busy drinking from, and pissing into, that well, that there's hardly any money left...so they've been transferring funds from other sources to keep the rats alive...otherwise they won't get the votes they need to keep their sorry butts in their comfy-chairs.
Term limits with the provision of non-governmental contracts/work after your term ends might start us on down the road to saving this Republic.
If we can limit the terms of Presidents, I don't see where the harm is in limiting the legislative branch of the Republic...we already know what is occuring because you can keep someone (good and bad, outstanding citizen and near-felon) in power too long. This might be the one tub of bath water and baby that can be thrown out...we know this baby is too ugly to keep. Besides, if abortion is OK, then let's apply the same logic to them and the current cesspool of problems we are experiencing right now...abort their @55es, rinse out the tub and apply some new, common sense logic where it's been lacking for so long...