I love trains and have taken Amtrak many times. I want to see rail well-funded. That being said, high-speed rail is often seen as a ploy for other things. The

I love trains and have taken Amtrak many times. I want to see rail well-funded. That being said, high-speed rail is often seen as a ploy for other things. The best example I can think of is during the Obama administration the attempt to build a High Speed rail link between Manhattan and Washington DC. Bringing Wall Street closer to DC is the last thing the world needs, and shows how out of touch the rail planners were at times. As I remember they had some other great plans like in Florida that were sadly rejected, but I never got a clear explanation for some of those real dumb proposals that made everyone suspicious and tanked the project.