That makes a lot of sense.
I gladly pay for certain things in the federal budget that I will never utilize.
The problem is we are spending too much on programs hardly anyone will utilize. The answer isn't to duplicate this effort tenfold....especially when there is no constitutional authorization for FEDGOV to do this.
A fool and his money soon parted. 535 fools with somone else's money is a sight to behold.
[So, because fedgov was allowed to spend money on roads where powerful congessmen were located, we should allow them to spend even more money on building “high speed” rail where powerful congressmen are located? Even though government can’t profitably run the passenger trains they have now, a postal service, a bus line, a whorehouse, or a forced monopoly gambling business?]
No, I would be willing to spend some money where current traffic patterns show a monorial system would make sense. I don’t live in Miami (about 60 miles north), but I can tell you first hand that expanding the link from downtown Miami to points southwest of Miami are completely necessary. the ONLY way to travel via road is on US 1, which is horribly congested most of the day. There is no room to build more roads.
On a previous post I also mentioned Long Island as needing some traffic congestion relief.
There are SOME PLACES where NO MORE ROAD CONSTRUCTION IS POSSIBLE, but existing train lines can be extended and make a big difference.
And it would be nice if you at least admitted your criticism of me was factually wrong about who funded the roads in the 50’s.