Unnecassary Chairs vs. Potholes

Alright, I was on my way back from church last sunday, and on the side of the road were two benches and an empty trash can- in the middle of the freeway. There were numerouse amounts of them on the side of the road. That same day I went to hang out with my dad, and on almost every street we turned onto, was covered with potholes! What doesn't make sense to me is the government decides to spend our taxes on nice little places where no one is going to sit and trash cans that no one is going to use while on that road and many other streets are filled with big, deep potholes. What do you think of the whole situation?