Burning Bridges

It was SO predictable. After the collapse of the bridge in Minneapolis, liberal blogs did not hesitate to blame Bush, the reasoning being tax cuts to the rich and that if we weren't spending a billion dollars a week in Iraq, we could use the money to repair our own infrastructure, blah, blah, blah. We could, but we wouldn't. It is scary how many bridges in this country need repair or replacement. But it is a problem that has existed for decades before Bush took office. And even if we were not in Iraq, the money saved would be grabbed up in earmarks. As I've said before, because of our corrupt tax system, in which the federal government confiscates the lion's share of our income, we no longer elect politicians who are statesmen, but those who are best at grabbing back the money the federal government has stolen from us, regardless of how contemptible they are. And in the process, billions disappear into the black hole of the government bureaucracy. Besides government waste, the money that is supposed to be spent on highways gives the government power it shouldn't have. If you recall, during the energy crisis of the 70s, caused by Carter's socialist price fixing, the federal government used highway funds to blackmail the states into imposing the 55 mph speed limit. Better that the taxes remain within the state to avoid yet more layers of fraud, waste and abuse.