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Old 02-22-2019, 07:33 AM
 
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How much would the Chinese charge to run a HSR line between Atlanta and Savannah? I bet they could do it in less than a year.
It would probably take 3-5 years alone for the environmental review to take place and be finalized for an Atlanta/Savannah HSR line. Like others have mentioned, places like China don't have the same labor laws and labor costs as the US.

The US is car-centric and for better or worse the government (federal/state/county) doesn't seem like wanting to spend 10's of billions and 100's of billions on HSR like China does (well except maybe California, and you just see what's going on with their HSR). It doesn't make China better than the US or vice versa, it's just different priorities, that's all.
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Old 02-22-2019, 08:01 AM
 
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You're right. As long as they imported very-low-paid Chinese workers and we let them off the hook for any sort of labor protections.
If they are working in the U.S. they need to comply with OSHA like any other contractor. Why not?
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