Just wanted to hop and remind folks that Trump, the oldest nominated candidate in American history, spent about 20% of his presidency on a golf course to the tune of $142,000,000 pulled straight from our taxes.

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    3 months ago

    I would pledge to spend exactly $0 of tax money on golf if I were president. Imagine if that money instead went to filling pot holes, adding lanes to congested freeways, adding solar panels to the roofs of federal buildings etc.

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      3 months ago

      Adding lanes has been shown not to reduce congestion on highways, but I’m with you otherwise.

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        3 months ago

        There are places where it would help and places it wouldn’t. Making a blanket statement saying it doesn’t help is obtuse. Imagine if all freeways were reduced to 1 lane. Congestion would be worse, right? Well, someone had to add lanes to get us to our current state, right?