More Stimulus Waste

Elizabethton's "bridge to nowhere" is now complete and open to the public. This bridge was build with federal stimulus money. It is a five lane bridge with a bike lane and sidewalk that replaces a two lane bridge that "did not even have room for a sidewalk." There was no need for a sidewalk and no need for five lanes.

This bridge goes to the Old Bristol Highway. So, we now have a five-lane bridge that runs into a crooked, two-lane road that was replaced many years ago by a modern highway. Can these people find nothing better on which to spend taxpayer's money? I think the lack of need for this is apparent from the map.


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Pork for Local Pork

Wampler Sausage in Lenoir City is getting $46,875 from the USDA, $75,000 from the State of Tennessee and $56,250 from the federal government so that it can install a solar power system.

If I paid less in taxes, I might be able to afford solar panels on my own home. Instead, these various governments steal the fruits of my labor and give it to a more favored constituency.

Is this the kind of government we want?