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I've never been to Texas. Someday I may be so fortunate.

I came in here to this thread because I saw words that reminded me of the sort of things that are quite familiar to me.

You know, the tolls and the deceptions of politicians regarding such.

Up here in Massachusetts, the nonsense finally came to bite them all in the ass. Still, the games go on, and the big contractors are licking their chops. Meanwhile, the thinking taxpayers are wondering about just how to escape this cesspool.

The radio talk programs were all over the fact that the poor victim of that recent collapse was a possible illegal alien. Few discussed the possibility that it might have easily been a school bus that was victim to the corruption that goes hand in hand with shoddy workmanship.

Those bastards involved in the outrageous boondoggle in Massachusetts dodged a serious bullet when the victim turned out to be just some immigrant.

Meanwhile, everyone makes money for basically doing nothing.

For many reasons, the public sector doesn't do a very good job. The private sector does much better.

You probably can't discern it but the toll roads in Texas, all local in nature, are run by the public sector.

These new statewide wide toll roads are being proposed as a Public Private Parnership and the apparent winner in the bidding on the first road is Cintra, a foreign company.

Meanwhile, the thinking taxpayers are wondering about just how to escape this cesspool.

One way would be to have a private company build, operate, maintain, and lease the road. It won't eliminate the threat of mismanagement or corruption, but certainly reduce the possibility of the same.