The sad state of the US people.

[Final-Fan]

TheRealMafoo said:

Final-Fan said:

TheRealMafoo said:
Now as for taking the money and putting it into schools and infrastructure. I would say no to that as well. Don't collect it at all, and let the local governments collect it for those reasons.

So the reconstruction of the 35W bridge should have been paid for entirely by local money?

And I suppose you would also hold that up as an example of government inefficiency and waste?

We didn't need the money for the war for the bridge, we did both.

The federal government should pay for federal roads, like the interstate, but we already collect taxes to do those things. Spend less, and give back more so local governments can collect it and be more efficient with what they collect.

I am not against government collecting taxes, I just think the bigger the government is, the more corruption and wasteful it becomes.

Let local government collect for local things (like 95% of the roads, schools, etc), and keep the federal government small. Less corruption, and less waste.

I meant the first question as one of principle. 

Just like businesses? 

Local government is very good at sensible allocation of resources at the local level but some things are too big in scope for local governments to efficiently handle, and some other things need a government that will see the "big picture" (whereas local governments will naturally look out for what benefits the local area).