Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2024 12:27:52 -0400 Mime-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: What's Your Favorite Government Expenditure? Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv References: <17c2e3141fd64ad5$63110$3121036$c0d58a68@news.newsdemon.com> <6IWdnbKgZM0ae5D7nZ2dnZfqnPednZ2d@giganews.com> <099v0j5tp9l5e0ush8k4tbtp2e6m2r69hn@4ax.com> Content-Language: en-US From: moviePig In-Reply-To: <099v0j5tp9l5e0ush8k4tbtp2e6m2r69hn@4ax.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 16 Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!diablo1.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder.usenetexpress.com!tr2.iad1.usenetexpress.com!news.newsdemon.com!not-for-mail Nntp-Posting-Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2024 16:27:52 +0000 X-Received-Bytes: 1443 Organization: NewsDemon - www.newsdemon.com X-Complaints-To: abuse@newsdemon.com Message-Id: <17c36f21699cc979$1$3384359$c2d58868@news.newsdemon.com> Bytes: 1820 On 4/5/2024 3:16 AM, The Horny Goat wrote: > On Wed, 03 Apr 2024 23:30:15 +0000, BTR1701 > wrote: > >> The interstate highway system was originally a military project to ensure >> troops and material could be quickly moved from one part of the country to >> another. That makes constructing it a proper exercise of federal power. > > Which as you know was a fig leaf to allow federal spending in areas of > state jurisdiction. > > Nothing more, nothing less. *I* didn't know that, and am glad to have it cited here.