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1 posted on 06/05/2010 12:27:41 PM PDT by Willie Green
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...another government AMTRAK....just faster.


2 posted on 06/05/2010 12:30:13 PM PDT by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)
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Must be a project set up for foreigners to increase their job base.


3 posted on 06/05/2010 12:30:42 PM PDT by givemELL (Does Taiwan eet the Criteria to Qualify as an "Overseas Territory of the United States"? by Richar)
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the creation of the the Interstate system.

Was permissible Constitutionally ONLY because of the national defense rationale for rapid transport of troops, equipment and supplies inside the U.S..

5 posted on 06/05/2010 12:31:15 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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He compares the Obama administration's push for high-speed rail to the creation of the the Interstate system.

Hold on to your Wallet$$:

"The initial cost estimate for the system was $25 billion over 12 years; it ended up costing $114 billion and taking 35 years to complete." (from wikipedia)

13 posted on 06/05/2010 12:37:48 PM PDT by Michael.SF. (Even Hitler had Government run health care, but at least he got the Olympics for Germany)
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To: Willie Green

If they’d build a high speed rail system between NY and CA, maybe the liberals from those two areas would leave the rest of us alone.


15 posted on 06/05/2010 12:40:54 PM PDT by skr (May God confound the enemy)
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What is the deal with statists' fascination with friggin' trains?


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23 posted on 06/05/2010 12:54:17 PM PDT by The Comedian (Evil can only succeed if good men don't point at it and laugh.)
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I'm less concerned about initial cost than I am about operating and maintenance costs - which never go away. I have some knowledge of Chicago's CTA, and in the 1970s and 1980s it consistently lost money. And that's in a *big* city with a lot of ridership.

I like mass transit personally; I'd just as soon drive less if I could do so economically and in a timely manner. But these systems end up being yet another wealth transfer from one group of citizens to another. And unless you live somewhere like DC or New York or Chicago, they usually don't go *exactly* where you'd like to go.

25 posted on 06/05/2010 12:56:37 PM PDT by Felis_irritable (Fool me once, I'll punch you in the...er, something or other...)
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$2 billion TO BEGIN building for Atlanta to Chattanooga.

$2 billion for 120 miles of track (x 2?), maybe a couple of station upgrades and trains.

$16.7 million per mile.

Let’s say and impossible number of people commuted on this train every business day. Say 10,000.

Let’s further say that a largish number of people had reason to go from Atlanta to Chattanooga every day. Say 2,000.

That’s 3,000,000 rides per year. An impressive number, and easily a better than best case scenario.

Say you keep up those numbers for six years solid. Very impressive.

Then, not even counting the costs of FINISHING ... the cost of running the train, fuel, personnel, etc., you are STILL subsidizing EACH ride to the tune of $111...A 120 mile trip that can be performed for about $18 in gasoline, even without car-pooling.

I am willing to consider the utility of trains between points with LOTS of traffic in BOTH directions throughout the day. Frankly, Vegas to SoCal might make sense. The Northeast corridor (Boston to DC) can make sense if the infratructure can be done at a reasonable price. There is no such dynamic connection between Atlanta and Chattanooga. I’m sure Atlanta has some nasty traffic, but I am also sure that much of the business in Atlanta won’t be a short jaunt from the MagLev station.


27 posted on 06/05/2010 12:57:30 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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The statement comes with a cost. Chattanooga, Atlanta, and North Georgia each need to come up with $1.3 million to cover several environmental studies.

Well, that explains the 33% property tax increase that Littlefield wants to impose on Chattanooga residents.

This rail project draws a huge negative. It's only purpose would be to turn Chattanooga and North Georgia into suburban Atlanta. We DON'T need it. What we need is a true I-75 bypass around the traffic jam known as Atlanta so that I can easily get to Florida and back without dealing with all the crazy locals and their Obambi bumper stickers.

28 posted on 06/05/2010 12:58:56 PM PDT by meyer (Big government is the enemy of freedom.)
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Chattanooga Mayor Ron Littlefield say "I was amazed and surprised and very very pleased that he came out and talked about Atlanta, Chattanooga because I've always felt, even looking at it nationally that there is no project that holds more promise than this project."

Promise of what, wasting even more money we can't afford. What is it with these people?

30 posted on 06/05/2010 1:03:12 PM PDT by WHBates
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Like we have money to burn..


32 posted on 06/05/2010 1:13:25 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Chuck DeVore - CA Senator. Believe.)
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There’s hardly enough rail traffic between those two cities to justify a low-speed train. It’s a case of the government trying to find a boondoggle to spend money on.


36 posted on 06/05/2010 1:46:24 PM PDT by popdonnelly (Forty years of electing leftist fools to Congress have culminated in Nancy Pelosi.)
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Are all rail projects these days funded by the federal government?


40 posted on 06/05/2010 2:38:15 PM PDT by frposty (I'm a simpleton)
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He compares the Obama administration's push for high-speed rail to the creation of the the Interstate system.
And Willie Green supports this! Here on the FReeRepublic!
41 posted on 06/05/2010 2:39:56 PM PDT by narses ( 'Prefer nothing to the love of Christ.')
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Waste of money. From top to bottom, a complete waste of money.


53 posted on 06/05/2010 4:10:56 PM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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