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Originally Posted by stovt001
Yeah, I really wouldn't mind higher gasoline taxes if it meant better public transportation and better roads. I mean that's only fair. But sadly most government agencies just waste their money and spend more on the bureaucracy than actual operations. The money is always misappropriated. I mean I pay 17% of my earnings into social security every week, and I won't see a dime of it.
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I'm going to have to politely disagree.
You kinda contradict yourself. You are willing to pay higher taxes to get better roads and at the same time acknowledge the government mismanages the money it already has. What makes you think giving them more money will make the situation better? Or that the money you give them will be spent on what you want it to be.
This is the blood boiling issue for me. We acknowledge that government can't manage money but we are willing to give em more of our hard earned income to try and bail them out? If my child is irresponsible with something I don't give her more. I take it away.
The only road ways the federal government is responsible for is the interstate system. Other than that it is the states responsibility to maintain all other roads.