And I'm sure, those who don't read letters to the editor or the news. Respect yourselves, respect your surrounding and respect the earth. The posturing and alarmed statements from members of the Legislature seem overdone. Many readers of The Sun live in houses with a mortgage. We all know we can multiply our mortgage payment by the number of months in the life of our mortgage and the answer will be well over twice the purchase price.
Interest costs a lot.
We also know that we probably wouldn't be living in our own home if we had to pay in cash. The cost of a home would be too much money for most of us to put together without borrowing. State highway projects of all kinds are done with borrowed money. It works almost exactly the same as our mortgage, every time. It's difficult to believe most readers of The Sun don't understand this concept already.