Of course, Trump is just the latest in a long line of folks who have put sectarian politics ahead of the long-term needs of the economy. As one of the people wh

Of course, Trump is just the latest in a long line of folks who have put sectarian politics ahead of the long-term needs of the economy. As one of the people who would be directly affected by any sort of outage in the tunnel, I'm pretty well disgusted. The problem should have been solved long before Trump ever took office. But as the article points out, we largely have Chris Christie to blame. If the Northeast Corridor fails, the amount of real wealth that would be destroyed is staggering. It would almost certainly put me underwater on my mortgage. I'd have to imagine default rates would skyrocket, railroad town economies would go into recession. I'm at least lucky that I can do my job just fine from home and that the PATH offers me an alternative route to the office.