Trump wants California to pay back billions for bullet train

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | February 19, 2019 | Kathleen Ronayne

[artichokegrower]

The Trump administration said Tuesday that it plans to cancel $929 million awarded to California's high-speed rail project and wants the state to return an additional $2.5 billion that it has already spent.

[artichokegrower]

Give us back our money we need it for the wall.

[Steely Tom]

Give us back our money we need it for the wall.

Yeah, I'm sure you understand, being a big heavyweight powerful state executive like you are there, Bavin. I mean Gavin, sorry.

[Fungi]

Sue The adulterer Gavin if he does not give it back.

[Captain7seas]

Guess this means The Hunger Games might be cancelled.

[an amused spectator]

I think SoyBoi Gavin just soiled his Manpends...

[dragnet2]

Send in troops.

[HighSierra5]

Payback’s a bi+ch!

[lightman]

M O R E W I N N I N G !

GO TEAM TRUMP!

[an amused spectator]

“Womp Womp”, Gavin. ;-)

[artichokegrower]

Be kind Newsom had a horrible accident today. He fell down and broke his hair.

[an amused spectator]

LOLOL!!!

[Uncle Miltie]

“It’s put toward constructing a 119-mile (191.5-kilometer) segment of track in the Central Valley expected to cost $10.6 billion.”

About $100,000,000.00 per mile.

[roadcat]

Give us back our money we need it for the wall.

But but but... the high-speed rail is a national emergency! Sandy Ocasio-Cortez said so on the green new deal!

[patriotred]

My math is a bit rusty, but it seems that’s about double what congress approved for wall funds. Winning.

[crz]

How many state parks there?

Well, they dont chuck it up we’ll take those and them and that and..

BTW, all that power going to CA from the Hoover Dam? Time to raise the rates to make up for any shortfall. And the water from the Colorado river. AZ could use some more of that.

[Robert357]

Publicly state that the CA train will be paid to help pay for the Wall.

[JamesP81]

As an aside, I’ve noticed that liberals really like trains and putting people on them.

[Secret Agent Man]

Guessfedgov will sue Cali, now.

[Kickass Conservative]

The Choo Choo went Bye Bye. Give the money back.

[nuke_road_warrior]

Newsom declared in his first State of the State address last week that he planned to scale back the project and focus immediately on building 171 miles (275 kilometers) of track in central California.

Yeah, just what I wan't to do. Get on a regular Amtrak train from San Fran, ride to Nowheresville in Central Kali, wait for the High Speed Train ride to Middle of Nowhere, Kali, wait for the connection to an Amtrak train to LaLa Land, and pay more than an air line ticket for the "privilege."