Wry Catcher
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How often have you taken the train state side?
from LA to san fran is costing of 60 Billion, in tax money. money that will have to be added to the debt or printed, devaluing the dollar even more and putting the screws to the working poor.
Why would any moral human being support such an atrocity in ever state?
$60 billion is chump change, we spent that in six months invading and occupying Iraq. Why would any sane human being support such an atrocity as was that war?
That said we take BART everytime we go into San Francisco ('cept for Niner Games 'cause we tailgate). When it's hot in the Tri-Valley (90 +) we often hop on BART and then transfer to Lt. Rail and have dinner in The City. San Francisco on a summer's eve can be 30 or more degrees cooler than many parts of the Bay Area (and the restaurants in SF are many and are great, especially in the neighborhoods vis a vis the tourist traps).
good for you, actually sounds very cool.
Now, why should I pay for it?
Why should someone far away, but still in CA pay for it?
why can't a private company do this?
and that 60 billion, thats over double the estimate, and no work has started.
and
Obama wants about 30 of these projects. You really wanna dump over a trillion just so you can go have dinner?
BART is not high speed rail; Lt. Rail is not high speed rail. I have taken high speed trains in Europe and the regular train from Philadelphia to NYC and like that method to travel over the airplane. Having 'commutted' for meetings and such to LA for several years I would have much apprecitated a train. Simply getting to and from Airports is a waste of time.
No private company can affodr to build high speed rail; however, private contractors will build the system. Sadly most will use union employees and I know that pisses off some. Building high speed rail across the nation will provide jobs, jobs, jobs, now and into the future.