WE DO NOT WANT THE TRAIN!!!!!!!!!!!
Democrats and Republicans in my area are furious about the waste of money being thrown into a system that will benefit no one. There is already a bus route connecting the two cities that goes 1/2 empty on any given day. The only people that will utilize this are Yuppies that can afford it. They figure the subsidized fee will be approximately $70.00, so you know that the people that actually depend on public transportation won't be able to afford it.
This will not be a high speed train, it will be a train with multiple stops, meaning that it won't be any faster than taking the bus.
The number one concern of voters is that it is a waste of our State money (only the original start up is this so called Federal grant) for something maybe 1/2 of 1% of the population will utilize.
This will be one of the main issues in the upcoming election, and I guarantee that Barrett (D) will come out on the losing end.
Gov. Doyle, and Barrett are pushing through spending right now figuring that once it starts we can't stop it, but Walker will stop it, and he will be the hero.
The only people that will utilize this are Yuppies that can afford it.
Yuppies is the short term for Young Urban Professionals or Young Upwardly Mobile Urban Professionals (as some authors contend) . The term Yuppies refers to people who are generally between the ages of their late twenties to mid-thirties, usually employed in a professional job, often living in an urban setting. Yuppies tend to earn in the upper middle class income range at an early age.
Yuppies tend to be conservative and focus on making money to fuel a life style that is filled with expensive “toys” such as cars, kitchen gadgetry, hobby equipment, the latest electronic anything, and other luxury items.
So what do you have against attracting young, affluent CONSERVATIVES to Wisconsin????
Seems to me that these are exactly the right demographic that communities want to drive local economic growth and prosperity.