Yeah plus what a terrible analogy. The road is shared equally by everyone for the most part, my car tools along in a single lane. However if I smoke cigarettes and get cancer or eat myself into heart disease, this still doesn't cost any more for the road. It's something that can be mostly shared in a fair way. Healthcare cannot be shared in a fair way.

Plus if I don't play well with others the government will take away my license so I can't drive anymore. I don't want the government standing between me and healthcare in any sense of the term. If they are the ones in charge of a limited resource that means they are also the ones that have to say 'no' when there isn't enough to go around.

>“I think the missing element in this is Republican votes and identified Republican support,” said Brian Kelly, secretary of the California State Transportation Agency.

>California’s reliance on gas taxes to repair its transportation network is becoming less and less tenable. Increased fuel economy standards have led to less spending on gasoline

Why stop at saying it's a funding problem? (Allegedly) Obstructionist Republicans won't allow the government to react to changing conditions to update laws needed to fix the funding problem.