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- tommyo0
You're joking. You just have to be. Either that or you just haven't taken a look around or read about the state of affairs in these programs. Yes they're all very nice and wonderful, if you're speaking from pure idealism. A lot of these systems ARE vital, I agree with you there. My point is that our government isn't doing their jobs in running and securing the future of these vital systems.
I'll give you libraries. I mean the last time I went into one it seemed pretty out-of-date but I think this is more of a state issue and it will vary.
Schools? Failing badly.
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.co…
http://www.pbs.org/merrow/tv/ftw…
"It's a 51 year old facility. It was built for 800 students, we now have 1410 and of those 1410, 90 or 95 percent qualify for free lunch."Hospitals:
http://www.rwjf.org/reports/grr/…
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf…Roads and Infrastructure, got a D+...meaning, they're in horrible shape. Don't you remember that bridge in MN that collapsed a little over a year ago?
http://archives.cnn.com/2001/US/…Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid (won't even be around when it's time for you to collect).
http://www.heritage.org/research…So yeah, in summary. I don't know which US you live in where the government is actually efficient with our tax dollars, because the one I live in isn't. Now just imagine when our banks are in the same shape as our roads!