Perhaps people would start to realize just how much this other stuff is costing all of us. I was listening to a local radio program a couple weeks ago and the topic was mass transit. This guy calls in and tells about how Portland, Oregon has "free" busses in the downtown district. Sure, it doesn't cost anything to ride the bus. However, the city has to buy the busses, maintain them, fuel them, and I'll bet the drivers aren't volunteers, too. I hear that kind of sloppy thinking all the time when it comes to government programs. "It won't cost local taxpayers anything since it'll be paid for with federal money." Yeah, and the federal government gets its money from the tooth fairy, right?