In 2018, the entirety of all corporate income taxes collected was $200b, and the entire Medicaid program was $389b[1]. " In 2021, the solar industry generated

In 2018, the entirety of all corporate income taxes collected was $200b, and the entire Medicaid program was $389b[1]. " In 2021, the solar industry generated more than $33 billion of private investment in the American economy": So the entire solar industry is 1/3 of this single rail line. You can't just casually call it "inflation" when you're spending significant percentages of the annual budget on a single train line and somehow it's still not enough. 1/6 of the entire solar industry is not "inflation". Amtrak requested $4 billion in COVID relief from the government to maintain its national rail network, and $1.5 billion to "expand rail service"[2]. That entire amount you just called "inflation" for a single rail line, and they're running 26 lines all over the country. Also: Even if the construction costs somehow end up comparable, Amtrak's entire annual revenue is $2.3 billion. How long's it going to take to pay back $105 billion with this single rail line, if the entire Amtrak network would take 50 years to pay this one line back ignoring all operating costs? [1] https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55342 https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55342 [2] http://media.amtrak.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Amtrak-General-Legislative-Annual-Report-FY2022-Grant-Request-1.pdf http://media.amtrak.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Amtrak-Ge...