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In egalitarian societies, all pay/contribute and all get to use the items that are paid for.

Extra people mean extra taxes being paid or extra people to pay the new taxes.

Borrowing against the future is not conservative. Paying as you go is. Only buying what you can afford is.

Yeah, I'm middle class and proud of it. I try to live within my means.

No offense, but your arguments remind me of a teenager who gives about 25 reasons why they just have to have something, no matter that they can't afford it, no matter who it hurts, because well, they just HAVE to have it now.

Selling our highways to another country for 50 years is not good for Texas--or any other state. Experience with toll roads in states that have had them for many years shows that the tolls don't go away. Once that tax money starts rolling in, the politicians can't bring themselves to turn off the spigot. With taxes, or budgeting for highways, there is an ending. The budget item finally gets paid off. Yes, the gas taxes continue, but that is because the roads need continual maintenance. Toll roads are forever, sucking the money out of the people daily.

You seem to be saying that anyone who disagrees with you is not a normal Texan. If you think we all agree on everything, you either haven't lived here long, or you have a fatally flawed view of conservatism. Or, maybe you want to "win" the argument by attacking the legitimacy of the one you disagree with. Either way, I'm not attacking you in the same way. This is a serious argument, a serious situation, one that will affect Texas for many years. I respect your right to disagree. Let's stay on point.