Completely agree. Sadly enough, raising the gas tax is always the answer to everything. Our state (like others) blows millions of dollars ever year on stupid things, some that completely go to waste for lack of completion or activity. I live in Union county and they are proposing a tax raise to change highway 34 from 2 lane to 4 lane from osceola west. Not that I don't agree that this isn't a good idea, I don't think a tax increase is one way to come up with the funding. The federal government wipes their ass with money every year on stupid projects that could very easily fund other more useful things.
How many times do we here politicians voting on salary increases for themselves and other similar politicians and people that hold their respective offices. As a country if we keep thinking that we can continue raising taxes to pay for things, while the fatcats and politicians salaries grow every year from our taxpayers dollars, something drastic will be happening in my lifetime.
I am guilty in not being involved as I should be in politics, and maybe my opinion isn't always the most educated or respected because of that. But it's hard for a young person like myself to want to become involved in our countries government when we continue to get shit on. Until there required drug tests for welfare recipients, set average salary wage for those on capitol hill, and a decline in tax increases for the middle class among many other things, myself among many other young folk will continue to show small interest in politics and trying to voice our opinion.
I know that most of you will encourage that voicing my opinion is the best thing to do towards our representatives, but how often does it go in one ear and out the other?