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$100k isn’t a high estimate at all. The article says they were costing $1k a day. > All we knew is they were each being paid about $1,000 every day.
by nostromo 9y ago
$100k isn’t a high estimate at all. The article says they were costing $1k a day.
> All we knew is they were each being paid about $1,000 every day.
- trophycase 9y agoOk that's great and all but don't try to derail the major point which is that this pay is an extremely small fraction of the cost.
- InitialLastName 9y agoYou're doing that math wrong. Take $73mil a year. Make it $100mil a year, to cover other employment expenses (employees cost more than their salaries). The extension took 10 years, so call that $1billion. That sounds like about 1/7 of the cost of the 2 miles of track, not an "extremely small fraction"
- ceejayoz 9y agoSurely you don't think that's the only opportunity in the entire system to siphon off money?