There is no such thing as a free lunch an somebody has to pay for bridges, roads, policemen, garbage pickup, parks, street sweeping, firefighters, 911 and ambulances.  Yes, everyone wants lower taxes, but not at the cost of bridges falling down or water mains creating house eating sink holes.

Have our Federal, State and Local governments become like most publicly held companies?  Only concerned with the current quarters profits and not concerned with the future strength or weakness of the enterprise?

It is imperative for national and local security that our roads are in good repair, that our water and gas mains stay intact and that our general welfare be maintained.  If our current crop of elected officials do not have the balls to raise taxes and secure our greater good, then we as a society need to throw the bums out and elect a new crop.

Yes, everyone enjoys lower taxes.  But those people on that bridge in Minnesota most likely wish they’d paid that little bit of gas tax instead of falling into the Mississippi river.