total waste of money

Personally i think too much money is being wasted on New Years Eve celebrations. In just about every city and town in Australia there is fireworks. Now don`t get me wrong, i am a total piro and love my fireworks, but in these times i think the money could be better spent on improving things like the health system and the state of roads in this country.
It just seems that councils waste too much money on trying to outdo the next town, by creating a big party.
Well that`s my last gripe for the year. A happy New Year to all, regards The Tinhopper

PS I will not be up watching the fireworks as i`m getting up very early new years day to go fishing out at the reef :-)