The new Congress guts USFS/USDA support for rural road infrastructure and local schools

[Emily]

So I guess we can just buy one-way bus tickets to Washington DC for all our criminals and malcontents - then we'll have the dough for the schools and roads.

Forest Service reduces substantially payments for local schools & roads Program reauthorization not passed by new Congress January 29, 2015 | Filed under: Headlines | Posted by: Deer
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced in January that around $50 million will be paid to 41 states and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to support local schools and roads under the Twenty-Five Percent Fund Act of 1908 as compared to $300 million last year. The 1908 Act requiring 25% payments to the states from receipts from national forests in each state is permanent law and will guide 2014 distribution of payments, as the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act authority expired on September 30, 2014. The drop in revenue is expected to greatly affect many rural counties...

http://www.crestoneeagle.com/forest-...-new-congress/​