Instead of roads being seen as the great equalizer of American society, we have allowed them to be labeled as a plague paving over paradise. Road haters have been so successful that as we sit in Soviet style ration lines for mobility, they have us second-guessing whether more roads are even necessary. Imagine the infected patient during a medicine shortage questioning if he needs the penicillin. Road builders share the blame for this public relations disaster. As special interest groups force them to jump through bureaucratic hoops of fire in order provide us with mobility, road builders have employed the politics of appeasement.
Builders almost apologize for their work.
And look where it s gotten them. As a percentage of the state budget, roads are at a near all time low. Road builders do an amazing thing. They pulverize rock and turn it into opportunity and a chance to live the American dream. We must suppress this elitist urge to limit mobility, because roads are freedom.