Last week I heard a news story about road signs in Virginia and how it\u2019s hard to find your way without a GPS because deferred maintenance has resulted in road signs not being replaced in a timely fashion. Many are missing. I remarked to my wife, \u201cthat\u2019s municipal thinking for you\u2014don\u2019t save up for anything and just kick that can down the road again until its someone else\u2019s problem.\u201d
\u201dDown the road again…\u201d That stuck in my head. A few hours later I had penned new lyrics, with apologies to Willie Nelson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Down the road again
Why do it now when we can do it then?
Our problems grow and yet we simply will not spend
So we\u2019ll just kick them down the road again.
Down the road again
Don\u2019t do your job instead let\u2019s just pretend
Why we don\u2019t save for things, I\u2019ll never comprehend
So send our troubles down the road again.
Down the road again
Roads and bridges \u2018cross this country are a-crumblin\u2019
And yet we won\u2019t attend
Officials with our budgets they keep fumblin\u2019
Our tires keep rumblin\u2019
Down the road again
Why do it now when we can do it then?
Our problems grow and yet we simply will not spend
So we\u2019ll just kick them down the road again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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