I can't argue with that, newdaynewname4 -- we still pay taxes allegedly for expanding access to electricity and phone service, despite those issues being solved long ago. Once government program starts, it tends to go on forever.

But I will say that when the problem visibly persists, that tends to INCREASE the money being given to the gov't and private groups "working on the problem", as with cancer, homelessness, "poverty", and so on.