We can't afford the luxury of high-speed rail (contractors, taxes)
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This past Tuesday, Amtrak proposed to spend more than $100 billion increasing the top speeds of trains in its Boston-to-Washington corridor from 150 to 220 miles per hour. In August, Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood estimated that President Obama's proposal to extend high-speed rail to other parts of the country will cost at least $500 billion.
No one knows where this money will come from, but President Obama argues that we need to spend it because high-speed rail will have a "transformative effect" on the American economy. In fact, all it will do is drag the economy down.
What do you think about this ? Personally I love the high-speed rail and it's necessary for the US (for the most populated areas, not everywhere) but costs are impressive !
This past Tuesday, Amtrak proposed to spend more than $100 billion increasing the top speeds of trains in its Boston-to-Washington corridor from 150 to 220 miles per hour. In August, Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood estimated that President Obama's proposal to extend high-speed rail to other parts of the country will cost at least $500 billion.
No one knows where this money will come from, but President Obama argues that we need to spend it because high-speed rail will have a "transformative effect" on the American economy. In fact, all it will do is drag the economy down.
What do you think about this ? Personally I love the high-speed rail and it's necessary for the US (for the most populated areas, not everywhere) but costs are impressive !
The people who negativley focus on the cost of improving infrastructre are the same people who ignore the far greater cost of fighting senseless wars to enrich oil companies and defense contractors(aka Texas).
This past Tuesday, Amtrak proposed to spend more than $100 billion increasing the top speeds of trains in its Boston-to-Washington corridor from 150 to 220 miles per hour. In August, Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood estimated that President Obama's proposal to extend high-speed rail to other parts of the country will cost at least $500 billion.
No one knows where this money will come from, but President Obama argues that we need to spend it because high-speed rail will have a "transformative effect" on the American economy. In fact, all it will do is drag the economy down.
What do you think about this ? Personally I love the high-speed rail and it's necessary for the US (for the most populated areas, not everywhere) but costs are impressive !
That Amtrak plan is so flawed it will never happen in that......but the Northeastern / Mid Atlantic states are rebuilding 5,000 miles of Railway mostly diesel , but the denser areas will be electric.
The people who negativley focus on the cost of improving infrastructre are the same people who ignore the far greater cost of fighting senseless wars to enrich oil companies and defense contractors(aka Texas).
no aka Americans. Don't act like Texans are the only ones that are like this.
no aka Americans. Don't act like Texans are the only ones that are like this.
What I mean is big oil and defense contractors, those who have benefited off of the most recent costly wars while the rest of us paid for it, are headquarterd in Texas and amongst conservative leadership. Those are the same kinds of people trying to convince America that HSR is not worth it. What they really mean is that its not worth it for them.
This past Tuesday, Amtrak proposed to spend more than $100 billion increasing the top speeds of trains in its Boston-to-Washington corridor from 150 to 220 miles per hour. In August, Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood estimated that President Obama's proposal to extend high-speed rail to other parts of the country will cost at least $500 billion.
No one knows where this money will come from, but President Obama argues that we need to spend it because high-speed rail will have a "transformative effect" on the American economy. In fact, all it will do is drag the economy down.
What do you think about this ? Personally I love the high-speed rail and it's necessary for the US (for the most populated areas, not everywhere) but costs are impressive !
If we could get back the 23.7 trillion that was stolen by the bankers we would be fine.
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