I don't have a good sense for how the typical voter contexualizes these things. The numbers are so big and abstract I don't see how you can tell $20B from $60B

I don't have a good sense for how the typical voter contexualizes these things. The numbers are so big and abstract I don't see how you can tell $20B from $60B as a voter. I think though, if people had known in 2008 that not even 100 miles would be completed by 2019, that might have swayed some minds. In my view, the big tragedy here is the painfully slow construction, not so much the cost.