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To: Cincinnatus.45-70
Sadly that is also the reason why we have cities like Detroit, and hell-holes like LA and Baltimore.

The Constitution defines the role of government to be very limited. All these other "projects" that are "for the public good" are supposed to be at the State level. If the State cannot be able to improve (or at least) maintain the standard of living for it's citizens, the the State governments have failed.

You cite concerns about cost and pricing. This is a laughable argument. Look at all the money Obama threw away. look at all the money that is going on to wars all over the globe. hey bub! YOU are the one paying for this.

My argument is simple;

1. Government has as their very first duty to their citizens. If they are unable to do so, then they have FAILED, and a new government must be put in it's place.

2. You can compare governments all over the world and all over history. Once you can compare, you can see the good, and the bad in each one.

What the article says, and as I promote, is the idea that America is UNABLE to build HSR because it no longer has that ABILITY. Further, the crime, and corruption has reached a level that the American government barely functions at all.

I argue that instead of saying "nah, we don't need that, we don't want that" as justification and rationalization of our sloth and inability, we should say...

"You know what, we can do that. We can make that. We will build that, and we can do so quickly." But, you know, and I know that the government as it functions today does not have that ability.


121 posted on 05/26/2019 7:52:55 PM PDT by vannrox (The Preamble to the Bill of Rights - without it, our Bill of Rights is meaningless!)
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To: vannrox

how do you have cross country interstate Hwys, fights and trains at the state level only?


122 posted on 05/26/2019 7:55:05 PM PDT by morphing libertarian ( Use Comey's Report; Indict Hillary now; build Kate's wall. --- Proud Smelly Walmart Deplorable)
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