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To: BigDaddyTX

(D × 1.104) / 2,960,000

California High-Speed Rail estimated $126,000,000,000 equals about 46,994 lifetimes of total taxes contributions of average earning taxpayers.


3 posted on 04/28/2026 3:41:54 PM PDT by BigDaddyTX (Don't Mex with Texas)
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From https://doge.gov/savings

Estimated Savings

$215B

Combination of asset sales, contract/lease cancellations and renegotiations, fraud and improper payment deletion, grant cancellations, interest savings, programmatic changes, regulatory savings, and workforce reductions.

$215B is about 80,189 WLH lifetimes


5 posted on 04/28/2026 4:00:49 PM PDT by BigDaddyTX (Don't Mex with Texas)
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California High-Speed Rail estimated $126,000,000,000 equals about 46,994 lifetimes of total taxes contributions of average earning taxpayers.

This post from today has the current cost for the CH-SR at 231 billion or 577 Whitehouse class ballrooms.

7 posted on 04/28/2026 4:06:28 PM PDT by hole_n_one
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To: BigDaddyTX

Repeating decimal 594.


11 posted on 04/28/2026 4:50:27 PM PDT by ReganFan4ever (Jesus saves, Moses invests.)
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