"The government should do it" is (almost?) never the answer. If people are willing to pitch in a buck a year, just charge them for it. Either you can find enou

"The government should do it" is (almost?) never the answer. If people are willing to pitch in a buck a year, just charge them for it. Either you can find enough people to support it voluntarily or you can't. If you can, you don't need government, and if you can't, it's not enough of a benefit to force people to pay for it.