Am I wrong or isn’t the problem with a lot of the gov’t. funding have to do with diverting funds for other uses? Seems like this could be stopped in short order if there was a will to do it. We are always hearing about a call for more gas taxes & other things pertaining to maintaining roadways & it seems to be going into a slush fund. The problem seems to extend to cities & localities as well. No way to run a country.
“Am I wrong or isn’t the problem with a lot of the gov’t. funding have to do with diverting funds for other uses? Seems like this could be stopped in short order if there was a will to do it. We are always hearing about a call for more gas taxes & other things pertaining to maintaining roadways & it seems to be going into a slush fund. The problem seems to extend to cities & localities as well. No way to run a country.”
I think the problem starts with Congress (and who said that Congressfolk and diapers both need to be changed often and for the same reason? ;-). It’s raided the Social Security trust fund for decades and put a bunch of IOUs in there (like Harry and Lloyd did to that briefcase full of ransom money in “Dumb and Dumber”) and then tells us all that those slips of paper are as good as cash.
Congress diverting money from the security fee tacked on to all airline tickets? This is my shocked face. LOL!
Our city put a 1/2 cent sales tax on the ballot last time. It was sold as a way to increase the police force, etc. Of course if you read it that’s not what it said. Anyway, the idiots voted for it. Next thing you know they had to put together a committee to decide how to spend it. All the idiots yelled....but it was supposed to go for more police! I swear most voters are the stupidest people I ever saw.