>>>>>1.5 BILLION in gas taxes and can only account for about $440 Million in project expenditures
Things like this need to be collected and publicized nationally. 1/2 the battle with big government is the myth that it is there to care about you. Destroy any myth of its compassion, and people begin to evaluate what they send to DC just like they'd evaluate any other asset in their portfolio. Once we find out we're plunking 1.5 Bil in and getting 400 Mil back out, Compassionate Conservatism will be about as popular as Jim Jones.