[FromTheSidelines]

Why should my State of New Jersey ask people from MINNESOTA, OR NEW MEXICO, OR TEXAS - TO BUILD IMPROVEMENTS TO THE AIRPORTS IN NEW JERSEY - OR NJ BRIDGES ?????

Because a lot of those airports and highways and bridges are Federal assets - they're owned and governed by the Federal Goverment. At least out past the original 13 colonies (see the US Constitution, Article I, Section 8, clause 17).

Why should a State get stuck repairing and maintaining a Federal road? Why should they have to pick up the bill for a Federal asset? Rather, the Feds should spend their money maintaining their own properties and assets - and stop trying to buy people with giveaways and freebies.

[PieterCasparzen]

Why should my State of New Jersey ask people from MINNESOTA, OR NEW MEXICO, OR TEXAS - TO BUILD IMPROVEMENTS TO THE AIRPORTS IN NEW JERSEY - OR NJ BRIDGES ?????

Because a lot of those airports and highways and bridges are Federal assets - they're owned and governed by the Federal Goverment. At least out past the original 13 colonies (see the US Constitution, Article I, Section 8, clause 17).

Why should a State get stuck repairing and maintaining a Federal road? Why should they have to pick up the bill for a Federal asset? Rather, the Feds should spend their money maintaining their own properties and assets - and stop trying to buy people with giveaways and freebies.

New Jersey has 431 miles of Feral government highways.

Texas has over 3,200 miles of Feral government highways.

New Jersey has a total road mileage of over 38,000 miles. 2,324 miles belongs to NJDOT. 404 belong to one of the thug-controlled Authorities. 6,439 belong to one of it's 21 counties. 29,020 belong to municipalities. 649 belong to parks.

Some exhorbitant amount, perhaps half (the State budgets are presented, like all government budgets, in insanely idiotic presentations designed to obfuscate what they're really doing) of the State's transportation money comes from Feral government sources. The total, however, is perhaps somewhere around 10% of the entire State budget. So if the State if NJ just inhaled and tightened it's belt, it certainly could get by without Feral highway funds. But so far, the State Legislature, Governor and Congressmen have never in it's entire history chosen to abandon sucking as much money as possible out of the Feral government.

So thanks, other 49 States (or is it 56 ?). We're really all doing the same thing, right ?

Sounds great, except the Feral government is sucking our will to live with it's Feral regulations. And it's borrowing 43 cents, perhaps 50 by now, out of every dollar it "gives" to us.

I guess if we want to be honest, each State is like a crackhead, except they're addicted to Feral slush money. That crack/money feels sooooo good. Even though it's about ready to blow up in a Treasury debt bubble. Who cares, it feels soooooo good.