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Nice to see others thinking alike. Now try to convince the despots in Austin of the need to maintain local (or at least state) control of highways.

Listening to the governor, you'd think that the state just found a Sugar Daddy in Cintra. A company that will give us billions of dollars and expect nothing in return.

But like a heroin fix, it feels great initially, but the withdrawal is ferocious (i.e., foreign ownership of highways; no more toll receipts for government; inability to build more highways, expand existing ones, maybe even maintain existing ones; and a populace that feels TOTALLY SOLD OUT by people they voted for and trusted).

All while Rick Perry and his cronies sit on the Board at Cintra (in the future, that is), looking through yacht catalogs.

Texas is fast on its way to being the laughing stock of this country. Let's hope others out there can see the light before it's too late.

"(i.e., foreign ownership of highways; no more toll receipts for government; inability to build more highways, expand existing ones, maybe even maintain existing ones; and a populace that feels TOTALLY SOLD OUT by people they voted for and trusted)."

Not only has Perry sold us out but look what Cornyn did on June 29, 2006.

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c109:S.3622.IS:

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SEC. 4. PROJECTS FUNDED.

(a) In General- Grants shall be awarded from the Fund for projects to carry out the purposes described in section 3, including projects--

(1) to construct roads in Mexico to facilitate trade between Mexico and Canada, and Mexico and the United States;

(2) to encourage the development and improve the quality of primary, secondary, and post-secondary education throughout Mexico;

(3) to expand the deployment of communications and broadband infrastructure throughout Mexico, with emphasis on rural and underserved areas; and

(4) to expand job training and workforce development for high-growth industries in Mexico.

If Cintra is good enough for Texas, then Cintra should be building the highways in Mexico. Free trade is not free. Since NAFTA has been in effect for 12 years, Mexico should be functioning without the American taxpayer and so should Cintra.