https://freerepublic.com/tag/calliforniacorrupt/ en-us Wed, 16 Sep 2026 19:15:29 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4395767/posts Link to Summary The video is a critical investigative piece arguing that California’s high-speed rail project is a massive failure of waste, delay, and mismanagement—essentially “high-speed rail to nowhere.” It contrasts the project’s poor progress with China’s rapid nationwide high-speed rail buildout and interviews locals, officials, and critics along the route. Core claims about status and costsIn 2008, voters approved a plan to connect Los Angeles to San Francisco. After roughly 18 years and about $15 billion spent, the project has connected nothing. Visible work consists mainly of concrete, rebar, and incomplete structures in the Central Valley (derisively called a... YouTube.com https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4395767/posts#comment Wed, 16 Sep 2026 19:15:29 GMT