{"id":6989,"date":"2004-11-17T12:47:11","date_gmt":"2004-11-17T19:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2004\/11\/17\/your-tax-dollars-at-work-2.html"},"modified":"2004-11-17T12:47:11","modified_gmt":"2004-11-17T19:47:11","slug":"your_tax_dollar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2004\/11\/17\/your_tax_dollar.html","title":{"rendered":"Your tax dollars at work"},"content":{"rendered":"

Because what we really <\/em>need to be spending money (and time, and “political capital”) on is renaming Interstate 69. But, yes, there’s a Congresscritter who wants to do just that<\/a>.<\/p>\n

John Hostettler, the Congressman representing the 8th district of Indiana, has been convinced by local religious groups to introduce legislation in the House that would change the name of an Interstate 69 extension to a more moral sounding number.<\/p>\n

There are plans to extend the interstate from Indianapolis through southwestern Indiana all the way through Texas into Mexico in the coming years. While most believe this highway will be good for the state\u2019s economy, religious conservatives believe \u201cI-69\u201d sounds too risqu\u00e9 and want to change the interstate\u2019s number.<\/p>\n

Once upon a time, of course, many of those religious conservatives wouldn’t have known what that meant<\/em>. Shame, to see such fine people corrupted …<\/p>\n

Besides, what else would oyu want to call a freeway that goes down Indiana?<\/p>\n

Hostettler, a proponent of the interstate extension, agrees. \u201cEvery time I have been out in the public with an \u2018I-69\u2019 button on my lapel, teenagers point and snicker at it. I have had many ask me if they can have my button. I believe it is time to change the name of the highway. It is the moral thing to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

No, it’s the “Avoiding Embarrassment” thing to do. But I’ll tell you what: you fund the name change through sale of “I-69” buttons, t-shirts, and other paraphernalia, and I’ll be more than happy to support renaming the extension (especially since it really should be renamed as I-63 to follow the Interstate Naming Rules, or something of that sort).<\/p>\n

(via J-Walk<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n

(posted by CronDave<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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