Government pondering a gas tax increase?

When I was watching Fox News this morning all I could think was WTF. There are some within our glorious government proposing a 50% increase to the gas tax. Someone should tell these morons that just because the price is low now it is not always going to stay that way. Are their memories so short that they cannot remember this past summer? The taxes would go to help pay for roads, bridges, five guys to watch one guy shovel, etc. My question is where in the hell are the taxes from tobacco, alcohol and gambling going? Most importantly where is the money from the state lotteries going? Our tax dollars are so mismanaged my son who is just a year old shakes his head in disbelief. If the everyday Joe's in America performed at their job the way our government does they would be canned before you could say misappropriation.

When Obama and the new Congress take office later this month the first thing they are going to do is pass a $1 trillion stimulus package to help create jobs. Below is a wish list where the Mayor's would like the money to be spent...

• $30 million for 16 projects to build tennis courts
• $718 million for 54 projects directed toward museums
• $193 million for 12 stadium projects
• $110 million for 34 projects related to the construction, renovation or retrofitting of golf courses
• $87 million for 56 projects for bicycle paths
• $6 million to heat a swimming pool in Maui, Hawaii (No that is not a joke)

The list goes on and on, if you want more information about this stimulus package go to www.cagw.org. The bottom line is this where we the American tax payers want our money to go? I say hell no and so should you. Until we flood our local representatives offices with calls, letters, emails and even visits it is not going to stop.