Are SC's roads really bad, or is the media inventing a crisis?

South Carolina has one of the most
cohesive interstate systems in the
nation, thanks to taxpayers who bought it.

So often politicians and the media present a crisis, then force the people to address it.

Are the media and legislators trying to make the state's roads a bigger problem than they are, to extract money from taxpayers?

The State newspaper has an article in its Sunday newspaper where it is wringing its hands over money to pay for roads.
But in your experience, do you find the roads that bad?

Raising gas taxes, a sales tax, and an eventual property tax increase are funding mechanisms The State is pushing to get more of your money to expand government.

As South Carolina attracts more population, fleeing from liberal and failed rust belt states, traffic is a problem.
But the common idea is that if you are bringing in more taxpayers, tax revenues should expand, to pay for the government systems needed to accommodate those new residents.

We just had an election in which the media tried to highlight ethics in politics as a crisis.

The media promoted ethics reform, along with Democrats, because it is basically an admission that Republicans, who are the majority statewide, are corrupt. But evidently, the voters do not see it that way.

From pollution, climate change, education and race, liberals are always trying to make their issues, that are not really a crisis, seem that way. But they downplay the true threats to us, like militant jihadists, over regulation and violent criminals.

In places where there are dirt roads, like Lexington County, the people on those roads certainly see roads as a problem, and they should have a way, with their political leaders, to look at fixing that problem. Just like all of the congestion in the Town of Lexington is obviously a problem.

But a gargantuan tax on everybody is not the answer. Reasonable solutions, that require thought and ingenuity, could solve the problems. Smart and efficient planning is why politicians are elected. They are not elected to bleed us dry, and collect large sums to fix an invented crisis.