Are they really THAT STUPID?
They are members of the Party of Government.
Some men you just can’t reach.
They need to be reminded about AMTRAK. Like a mantra. Like a never ending mantra.
“The pair warned Obama to seek more private investments in the project...”
There is not going to be private investment. Private investors are not that dumb. They know that it is IMPOSSIBLE to compete against private vehicle travel. That is even he case in Europe - where, despite their vaulted train system, try driving the motorways and look who’s there - regular people, just going on holiday (as they call it).
People are not going to take the train from Phili to Pittsburgh when it requires 9 hours (door to door), versus 5 hours to drive it. Not going to happen. And it WILL require 9 hours, because, by the time the environmentalists get done with things, the tracks will not be anywhere near straight and the idea of the train being high speed would have been dispensed with years earlier. Even airplanes have a difficult time competing against private travel, until you at least cross the 300 mile mark.
This kind of stuff, that has NO ECONOMIC JUSTIFICATION, just infuriates me, and really makes me wish that we would have our financial meltdown sooner, rather than later, just to put a stop to this.
Well everyone knows that one effect of a thriving economy is seeing lots of people building lots of things....you know, lots of activity buzzing around.
So obviuosly, if we can just create a lot of activity building these fast choo-choos and their tracks, the economy will be great !
First we’ll have lots of (union) folks working to lay the tracks, then building the train cars, then actually operating and maintaining the system !
And besides all the new train-related jobs, other workers will have wonderful fast trains ready to take us to our (currently non-existent) jobs!
But don’t worry...until more jobs finally appear, Americans will love riding the fast choo-choos just for the entertainment of it, don’t you know !
“Are they really THAT STUPID?”
Yes, I’m afraid they truly are.
“Are they really THAT STUPID?”
In a word, YES, they are that stupid. They need to be reminded of Amtrak, maybe they would come to their senses, but I doubt it.
0bambi is a Steam Punk.
Yes
“Are they really THAT STUPID?”
at least dear reader is:
Biting the bullet on expenses
The President ordered the cabinet to cut a whopping $100 million from the $3.5 trillion federal budget!
I’m so impressed by this sacrifice that I have decided to do the same thing with my personal budget. I spend about $2000 a month on groceries, medicine, bills, etc, but it’s time to get out the budget cutting ax, go line by line through my expenses, and go to work.
I’m going to cut my spending at exactly the same ratio -1/35,000 of my total budget. After doing the math, it looks like instead of spending $2000 a month; I’m going to have to cut that number by six cents!
Yes, I’m going to have to get by with $1999.94, but that’s what sacrifice is all about. I’ll just have to do without some things, that are, frankly, luxuries.
Taxpayer
No. They are, however, really that corrupt.
god hispeed rail is a boondoggle ... it wasnt 3 months ago there was a wsj editorial debunking this nutty idea.....good godddd
I would say that the people who voted for them are the stupid ones. Also, this is nothing new. Each time the Democrats need support for one of their programs, there is always one or more Republicans waiting in the wings to provide that support. [Examples]When Clinton need support for his assault weapons ban, a member of the Republican Party was there. When Clinton’s veto of the bill to prohabit partial abortions was about to be overturned, a Republican provided the vote to sustain the veto. When the voters needed to be assured that an obama Administration would be best for the Country, a Republican was johnny on the spot assuring them that the Country had nothing to fear from an obama administration. And last but not least, there are those who believe that the Republican Party will be the Nation’s savior.
Graham needs funding for some port dredging or something like that and he is probably making a trade with Obama.