"...maintaining the roads, the police, the schools, the fire department, the libraries, the parks, the waterworks, the hydro..."

That is what government is intended to do. Also protect our borders from drug smugglers and other illegal entrants, including Muslim jihadists.

In the last 20 years there have been cuts in fire departments, police and park mantainance to pay for unconstitutional social programs. The bridges and hiways are crumbling. Get back to basics and stop spending our kid's future on make-work BS jobs and local pork projects that do nothing but get worthless politicians elected.