Legacy Highway Debate Continues
When is this debate going to end and how much is it going to cost the taxpayers? The tree huggers are out there trying to save wetlands of all places. Has anyone actually seen the wetlands? They smell, they're hard to build anything on, and they are a breeding ground for mosquitos, which now can carry West Nile Virus. Are the wetlands really all that important?
Regardless of that debate, the whole point would be moot if the true underlying issue was confronted. The true issue is land ownership and the government's place in it, as well as in road building. As with most things, if the government does it, then it gets messed up, takes twice as long to build, costs twice as much, and is run as well as a 5 year-old runs a lemonade stand. It is not government's job to own or try to "protect" land, nor is it their job to build roads. Government's main job is to defend us militarily, and enforce property and ownership laws. If government was returned to doing just that (like it was in the beginning) then we'd pay very little in taxes and we'd pay for the things we use and not for the ones we don't.
