State governments have developed a despicable habit of ignoring what the voters and their representatives identify as the official purpose behind many grants and fee collections. In too many cases, state governments display the arrogance of skilled thieves, diverting funds from the intended destination. Instead the funds are used to plug self-inflicted budgetary holes. Published in the Daily Caller.
http://dailycaller.com/2018/02/23/lets-stop-state-kleptocrats-from-brazenly-filching-infrastructure-funding/