It takes a really special kind of gall to spend $33B, have just a couple of concrete towers to show for it, and proudly announce you’re starting to lay track 10 years after you promised to be 100% finished. But OTOH, it’s understandable given that the high speed railroad had only been invented THIRTY years earlier.
It takes a really special kind of gall to spend $33B, have just a couple of concrete towers to show for it, and proudly announce you’re starting to lay track 10 years after you promised to be 100% finished. But OTOH, it’s understandable given that the high speed railroad had only been invented THIRTY years earlier.
That’s how special we are! Fifth largest economy in the world, our governor keeps reminding us. According to a California Globe article from December, the state is now touting high-speed rail as a JOBS program. (Since they clearly can’t point to any physical rail.) The article also explained their expansive method of counting the jobs. What government does best— pat itself on the back.
It takes a really special kind of gall to spend $33B, have just a couple of concrete towers to show for it, and proudly announce you’re starting to lay track 10 years after you promised to be 100% finished. But OTOH, it’s understandable given that the high speed railroad had only been invented THIRTY years earlier.
That’s how special we are! Fifth largest economy in the world, our governor keeps reminding us. According to a California Globe article from December, the state is now touting high-speed rail as a JOBS program. (Since they clearly can’t point to any physical rail.) The article also explained their expansive method of counting the jobs. What government does best— pat itself on the back.