Jerry Brown says not to worry. The high-speed boondoggle will be paid for by your carbon footprint

Orange Punch an Orange County Register political blog ^ | 1/30/2012 | Mark Landsbaum

[Mark Landsbaum]

Gov. Jerry Brown, that renown budgetary and fiscal expert, says don’t fret.

His high-speed train to nowhere in particular won’t cost as much as nearly everyone who has looked at it says it will.

And besides, he says, the Moonbeam Express can be paid for by your carbon footprint.

Is it starting to make sense?

The carbon scare was used to put into place effective and real taxes on stuff like that air you exhale. And now we find out why. It’s an endless source of your money to pay for their follies.

[humblegunner]

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[twistedwrench]

The only thing moving at high speed, will be U-Hauls, out of state.

[John O]

What’s this? A Willie Green Happy Choo-Choo thread?

(Willie will live forever, or at least the Happy Choo-Choo thread will)

[blueunicorn6]

This train isn’t heading “to nowhere”. The tracks lead right to Democrat bank accounts.

[lowbridge]

Bump

[forgotten man]

I heard that opponents of the Moonbeam Express are gathering signtures to put a proposition on the November ballot to stop this lunacy in its tracks.