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Biden restores $929 million for California high-speed rail withheld by Trump
Reuters ^ | 06/11/2021 | Derek Francis,David Shepardson, and Kanishka Singh

Posted on 06/11/2021 1:31:46 PM PDT by SES1066

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To: SES1066

I can’t think of a more stupid way to throw away money. This project has been an absolute DISASTER and needs to be defunded immediately. It was a pet project of idiot governor Gerry Brown: “I like trains”

Who would EVER take a train (it won’t be high speed) - to get from one end of the state to the other?

Southwest does a great job of that, cheaply and quickly.


21 posted on 06/11/2021 1:54:58 PM PDT by Bon of Babble (Rigged Elections have Consequences)
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To: SES1066

Biden’s handlers are acting like a bunch of spoiled children. “Orange Man Bad” is the last thing they think about at night and the first thing they think about in the morning.

They obsess over anything that denigrates President Trump.

I’m sure the thought of assassination has crossed their twisted minds more than once.


22 posted on 06/11/2021 1:55:58 PM PDT by upchuck (Corporations don’t pay taxes. They collect them. From us. ~ h/t Little Ray)
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To: SES1066

Wow, rat holes must be really big in California. Imagine trying to throw all that cash down one? Of course, rats live in your typical rat hole. Maybe Newsom will be crouched down there with a butterfly net? He is wise to seek a low profile, now that the recall is coming.


23 posted on 06/11/2021 1:57:16 PM PDT by Richard Axtell ( NO*)
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To: SES1066

Too bad Democrat donors aren’t builders of desalination plants...


24 posted on 06/11/2021 1:57:49 PM PDT by TheDon (Resist the usurpers)
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To: antidemoncrat

live in California .the money is being stolen by the family members of the politicians in California ...This project is dead and all that is going to happen is the money will go to the lawyers involved.


25 posted on 06/11/2021 1:59:04 PM PDT by PCPOET7 (`)
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To: taterjay

No surprise, it’s the point of the coup.


26 posted on 06/11/2021 1:59:53 PM PDT by TheDon (Resist the usurpers)
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To: SES1066

This boondoggle again.


27 posted on 06/11/2021 2:01:02 PM PDT by simpson96
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To: G Larry
A Billion $$ for a train to and from nowhere.....that nobody will ride?!?!?

The first leg to be completed - from Modesto to Corcoran will allow illegals to easily get from field to field and visit their loved ones in the prison in Corcoran.

28 posted on 06/11/2021 2:03:51 PM PDT by Bon of Babble (Rigged Elections have Consequences)
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To: SES1066

Demented, corrupt, a pedophile, senile, and an absolute fool. We are so screwed.


29 posted on 06/11/2021 2:11:59 PM PDT by Fungi
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Only a small fraction will make it into aforementioned project. Most of it will disappear into retirement accounts.


30 posted on 06/11/2021 2:12:20 PM PDT by libh8er
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To: SES1066

Biden reopens the corruption money spigot. Taxpayers and working people hardest hit.


31 posted on 06/11/2021 2:14:21 PM PDT by wildcard_redneck ( COVID lockdowns are the Establishment's attack on the middle class and our Republic )
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To: SES1066

You don’t hear DiFi’s hubby complaining.

Wasted in California
The Sequel


32 posted on 06/11/2021 2:19:12 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Monthly Donors Rock!!! In CONgre$$ WE're Disgusted!!)
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To: All

10% back to ‘The Big Guy’.


33 posted on 06/11/2021 2:27:34 PM PDT by LegendHasIt
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To: SES1066

I can’t believe this is back on the table. What a waste of money. The Biden Administration is destroying every good thing Trump accomplished. It’s remarkable how tenuous our stability was. Four years of MAGA progress is now in the trash heap. Can you imagine what our country will look like by 2024?


34 posted on 06/11/2021 2:31:44 PM PDT by KittyKares (I miss President Trump!)
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To: SES1066

........that money would be better spent if were burned a handful at a time for heat in NYC tenements this coming Winter.


35 posted on 06/11/2021 2:37:39 PM PDT by Cen-Tejas
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To: G Larry
A Billion $$ for a train to and from nowhere.....that nobody will ride?!?!?

That's the main problem right there. It is of no use to the majority of Californians. Not only that, the "high-speed" rail trains will impede transit corridors in the SF Bay Area and LA regions because they share the same right-of-way as regular commuter and freight trains.

In SF, the money already earmarked for the high-speed train station was diverted to build a park atop the Transbay terminal building (which had budget shortfalls); the train station is currently a big hole in the ground and will require many billions of dollars to create. This whole project is a disaster that will never be completed and will continue to suck money from taxpayers for decades.

36 posted on 06/11/2021 2:45:11 PM PDT by roadcat
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To: Fungi

The left believes in the law of economic ruin.


37 posted on 06/11/2021 3:16:53 PM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: SES1066

That $929M will build one more mile of this atrocity.


38 posted on 06/11/2021 3:34:04 PM PDT by beethovenfan (Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin)
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To: lurk

money laundering at its finest


39 posted on 06/11/2021 3:46:24 PM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: SES1066

what’s he care. It’s not his money


40 posted on 06/11/2021 4:03:22 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes.)
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