The republicans can't settle on an identity...one minute they hate gays, the next minute they're smoking meth cheating on their "wife" with a male prostitute, who is also their drug dealer.  They seem to have forgotten about the "republic" part of their name, and also the freedom part of "liberal".  Since when has the "land of the free" not support "liberals"(fighte rs for freedom).  It is just another sign that the Republicans are fighting against America's freedom. 

Back to the public funding, I think every American should be able to decide where at least half of their taxes go.  I still believe that Americans without kids will put money towards education before war.  I just think that the internet has outrun our political system, and the American people need to prod them to play catch up.  Why shouldn't you be able to say where your money goes?  Honestly, would anyone NOT put money towards paving streets?  Certain things like that wouldn't even need to be questioned because 95% would vote yes anyways.  When you get into issues like war funding, obviously a grey area, as it hurts the troops to take away funding, but takes away taxpayers ability to protest monetarily.  I still believe in my heart that we are committing murders by paying for war, even though we don't want to admit it to ourselves.  That's why it gets so grey...this is a big issue, and that's part of the reason I am questioning the government's DISUSE of the internet regarding America's opinions on public issues.  Hackers are a problem, yes, but so is election fraud, and apparently punch cards.  Voting on propositions is not the same because you get legal jargon in description of the props, so unless you have a lawyer, or some legal training, that language can be very misleading.