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Another example of politicians buying votes...

From Stephen Slivinski, director of budget studies at the Cato Institute:

When pondering the monstrosity that is the recently enacted federal highway bill, most observers will note how expensive it is but never really discern why it's an indicator of a larger problem. Yes, on paper it will cost $286.4 billion. That's 31 percent larger than the last highway bill in 1998, $30 billion more than the maximum amount the president threatened would trigger a veto last year, and $2 billion more than the White House was willing to accept earlier this year.