I've had to fly a lot lately (business is all in a mess as the Trumpy trade 'policy' begins to hit, one of the reasons I haven't been online lately) and I don't enjoy it much, but what's this about "need"? Nobody should be lecturing anyone about what they might want to spend their money on!People should stay put.
The times I have to fly it amazes me the people who are flying. They have no real need to go anywhere but they do because air travel is heavily subsidized.
Biden's High-speed rail initiative
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I mean criticizing the spending habits of other people is as American as apple pie. Which by the way at $9.99 a pie, is an incredible waste of money.
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If I recall, didn't then-California Governor Edmund Gerald "Jerry" Brown, Jr., push something similar like this during his third and fourth terms?
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It was supposed to be a ābullet trainā that would get people traveling between the Bay Area and LA in about 2 hours. It was approved by voters in 2008 and was supposed to have been completed by 2020 at a cost of $33 billion. Needless to say, that didnāt happen and cost estimates have ballooned to north of $100 billion and the project has been scaled back to a slow train between Bakersfield and Modesto sometime in the 2030s.
The Trump administration is on the brink of freezing federal funding which will effectively put a stop to the insanity.
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Trump is not known for spending money wisely.
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Weāve already discussed this. The project under the jurisdiction of California. Trump has never held office in California. The federal government was providing supplemental funding but given the gross incompetence of Californiaās governor(s) and legislature, federal funding is likely to be terminated. California taxpayers can pick of the tab if voters are stupid enough to make that choice.
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If Trump doesnāt want to pay for it, it must be a good investment.
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The MAGAts hate when presidents do anything beneficial for general society. They love when presidents screw people over, though.
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Absolutely. California taxpayers should keep throwing money at it!
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And so should the federal government since thatās how Trump sees things.Absolutely. California taxpayers should keep throwing money at it!
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I canāt believe that after all the evidence weāve presented, the āenlightenedā are still arguing for this boondoggle!Absolutely. California taxpayers should keep throwing money at it!
I stand by this statement. The very ones screaming the loudest for this, will never set foot on that Fān Choo-choo! It will be too expensive and theyāll be in the Spirit/SouthWest/Frontier line at the airport getting their $59 tix to El Layā¦
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trillion = billion times thousand
Trump tax breaks for uber wealthy, exploding deficit, taking health care away from kids, repeat TAKING HEALTHCARE AWAY FROM KIDS, in the $ trillions
Trump tax breaks for uber wealthy, exploding deficit, taking health care away from kids, repeat TAKING HEALTHCARE AWAY FROM KIDS, in the $ trillions
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Californiaās nightmare fiscal boondoggle is over. Itās dead. RIP 
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/tr...lifornias-high-speed-rail-project-2025-07-16/
Trump rescinds $4 billion in US funding for California High-Speed Rail project
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/tr...lifornias-high-speed-rail-project-2025-07-16/
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Itās a shame that Trump did this to so many people and MAGA will let him waste so much money. I donāt get why simple math is so hard for so many people.Californiaās nightmare fiscal boondoggle is over. Itās dead. RIP
Trump rescinds $4 billion in US funding for California High-Speed Rail project
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/tr...lifornias-high-speed-rail-project-2025-07-16/
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lol. Youāll just have to live with it.
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OR I could vote out those politicians who are bad at math and call out the hypocrisy of others who are happy this isnāt going forward.
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LOL! Neither do planes.We've got high speed rail. It doesn't go anywhere I want to go.
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Good luck!
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Basically our HSR goes 2 places. A lot more choices by air, not that I really want to go anywhere.
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Then trains go 2 more places than planes go.Basically our HSR goes 2 places. A lot more choices by air, not that I really want to go anywhere.
Do you really not understand how trains and planes work?
The US has no HSR.
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LOL! Iām not the one who wandered into the thread and self owned.Good luck!
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Go to California. You can get from LA to San Francisco in 25 years and it will only cost you about $130 billionBasically our HSR goes 2 places. A lot more choices by air, not that I really want to go anywhere.
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California HSR has over a dozen stations along the route. With a train passengers can ride only as far as they need to go. To get the same flexibility with planes you need to schedule multiple flights for people to choose between.Basically our HSR goes 2 places. A lot more choices by air, not that I really want to go anywhere.
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There will never be high speed rail in this country. Why, you ask? Every train track in the United States is own by the freight train companies. Ask yourself, how comfy does freight have to be?
