I think we’re at least mostly on the same page. I agree with all your positions except you don’t say what you think of the federal bribery.
I think it’s not OK on this issue and not OK on any other issue. If the feds have to slip in a bribe, it’s something they don’t have the authority to mandate. If they’re using tax dollars to bribe the states to do something they can’t mandate, they’ve overtaxed us. They paying our state legislators to do things they might not otherwise do, things we don’t want, and they paying them with OUR money, extracted in amounts large enough that they have some left over to use on issues in which they have no authority.
The feds bribe the states to do a lot of things, Seat belts, helmets for motorcycles. legal drinking age of 21. Its a damned shame a Marine cant drink a beer at 19. As long as he stays off the road he should be able to have a brew
FEDERAL BRIBERY SUCKS AT ANY LEVEL.
The states should be allowed to pass their own laws and no be bribed by Federal Highway money.