Our government and our elected officials must be held accountable for the blatant waste of taxpayer dollars. We are constantly reminded of this with misappropriated funds, overpaying for projects and "bridges to nowhere". These poor decisions cost taxpayers gargantuan sums of money, the likes of which would end many of our nation's fiscal problems. The largest contributing factor is that we are leaving our fiscal decisions in the hands of politicans who are only concerned with getting re-elected and who have little or no practical fiscal experience.