Nicky, I was responding to the following that Vinnie had posted:
"Infrastructure to attract business? Are you kidding?" I felt it necessary to explain why those basics are essential.

Nicky, You think I spent 14 years in economic development and don't know about unfunded mandates? Ridiculous amounts of our tax dollars go to fund Medicaid and programs like "No Child Left Behind", which I hope they actually repeal at the next go-around. We are also over-burdened with unrealistic civil pension programs. When someone's pension earnings are actually higher than their salaries were, the system is seriously broken and in desperate need of an overhaul.