[BEEdwards]

> Or maybe I just don't think the government trying to support 158,00 libraries and museums at an average of $1,000 is worth it.

We both look at the number and shake our heads, only you think it's far to high and I far to low.

>For example, if the local population is too stupid to fund it because they just raised $60 million for a new high school football stadium, then that's their problem, and I don't think I (or you) should have to pay for their ignorance. (I'm referencing a town in Texas that built a massive high school football stadium because they think it's more important that their education investment.

Just like with the "die poor, don't have kids you can't afford" argument, it may make you feel morally superior, but it actually makes you a short sighted dick.

The kids who will suffer because of it didn't decide to build that stadium or neglect the education infrastructure, they just get disadvantaged by it.

tl;dr - sometimes you just need to suck it up and pay for things you don't want to like an adult because it's better in the long run.