State Of The Union

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As for statewide mass transit its a much harder problem in Canada where provinces are bigger, yet some achievements have been made on that front. The fact is taxpayers are a diverse bunch, I'm sure people who live in downtown cores and don't drive would be willing to express just as much outrage at your idea that their tax dollars should pay for your roads. The fact is taxes come from a diverse group of people with diverse interests, and that diversity means there will be government programs you don't approve of.

The fact is; Floridians voted on this. It was on a ballot. The citizens of the state voted NO. It was voted down. That is the fact. Now they are going through with it regardless.

Why should the government not charge fees for organizations that exaggerated and caused a crisis, demanded a government bailout, then used it to pad profits.

The banks did exactly what the government REQUIRED them to do...give high risk loans to people the banks knew full well could not afford them. As a result, the housing market crashed and the banks started to fail. They didn't demand a bailout (not all of them, some of them tried to refuse it) and now they're being made out as the bad guy in all this. Mainstream media is not helping to get the facts out there either.