One thing that people should be asking about his high speed rail fantasy is, “Where do they expect to get the land for it?”.
After all, high speed rail can’t run on the same track as freight so they’ll need new railbeds for it. Also 8 billion for it is a joke to begin with.
Ironically, just as I turned on the computer I also turned on Fox news and some democrat talking head was talking up the high speed rail (in regards to job creation) and he said Europe has it and we need to be competitive. To anyone with a brain that is just plain silly. We are not competing with Europe for high speed rail passengers...so what are they competing on?! Is it just a matter of keeping up with the Jones'? Do libs want high speed rail because Europeans have it? Do they not grasp that European nations that have high speed rail are the tiniest fraction of the size of the US? And do we really need to spend that much money for the small amount of people who would use it?
And as for the point the guy was making about it being an example of jobs created by government...no, it's a temporary project. People will be hired for the short term to build it, but it's not permanent positions.