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After reading the article, I can't help but feel that high speed rail is not: . An optimal solution to a problem or . A sexy solution looking for a problem
by kingsuper20 5y ago
After reading the article, I can't help but feel that high speed rail is not:
. An optimal solution to a problem or
. A sexy solution looking for a problem
but that it's an integral part of an entire society and lifestyle that some people want to embrace. Serious people-mover rail seems to be an organic part of some countries that are different in 100 (1000? 10,000?) different ways that people would like to emulate
The arguments about serious modern rail investment look to be proxy arguments.
- bluGill 5y agoHSR was new in 1965. Most people reading this were not even born then. Congress wants to fund something new and exciting not the same old thing with just small upgrades. Of course the next congress will want to fund something different - so nothing will ever happen.
- dafty4 5y agoYes and that next thing will be tax cuts, thanks to the libertarians. #yesWeCan?
- bluGill 5y agoAt least a tax cut lets me use my money in something useful for me. My taxes that have went to CAHSR have nothing useful to show for them. (I don't live in CA, so that is effectively zero, but the point stands) IF CAHSR would be completed it would develop economic growth. The consultants who have made money to date are not growth, they are a zero sum game where they could have been doing something else.