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?
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.
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.
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