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Originally Posted by Bucketlist2012
Great article Greg...Another way to punish us, to fund other projects.
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We all have our "political beliefs".... and there is no right or wrong IMHO.... so political discussions can go on and on and end up with no answer. But --- one only has to drive thru California to see what happens when a government entity is forced (chooses?) to spend it's income on "entitlements" rather than infrastructure (roads and bridges etc), education, police and fire... which to me - is what government SHOULD be doing for the public. There are places in California that I just drove through - where I was certain I was in a third world country. The roads were crumbling.... and the houses and businesses along those roads were in even worse shape. To me this is a very strong statement that whatever they're doing - isn't working. Once someone goes on entitlements they don't go off and they're lives don't get better - they get worse... there is no income or productivity from that person - therefore the government collects less.... and spends more... and has less to spend on things that truly benefit the masses such as decent highways and keeping those clean and trimmed... etc etc.
WE -- three couples -- actually discussed where else we would go on our next trip to AVOID California. Next trip will take us thru Arizona and Utah. We'll be able to trailer at highway speeds and NOT beat the stuffing out of our equipment... and frankly.. we're hoping it's less depressing.