[Rithlilky]

If Californians want high-speed rail, that's fine. The citizens of California should have to pay for it themselves, however. There's no reason taxpayers in other states should have to help pay for a high-speed rail line that won't benefit them.

[SinncmxM]

If Californians want high-speed rail, that's fine. The citizens of California should have to pay for it themselves, however. There's no reason taxpayers in other states should have to help pay for a high-speed rail line that won't benefit them.

There is as much reason as us having to pay for freeways in other states which we don't use every day. Yet pay them we do. In fact, you sponges in fly over country constantly take our money so it's time to give some back to daddy.

[Broker15015]

Because it will no doubt be expanded shortly after it is done. I imagine Las Vegas, Reno, and Phoenix will all be options. Other possible future link ups to the Northwest via Portland and Seattle could also be worked out. Of course, first you have to have something to link too and that's where the current project comes in. Las Vegas to LA route is probably the surest thing as it would be very high volume.

[kimaddison]

So you're saying that the federal government shouldn't build a fort, a bridge, a road, a levee, a canal, a national park, a shipyard or anything unless it would benefit all of the states??

[estelle]

You blood suckers are constantly taking money from us for things which are entirely local so I really don't care if the never do wells whine. This is a great project which will employ over 100,000 people so it is exactly what the Stimulus funds are supposed to be for.

[Gazeboss]

[womberte]

Plus, Californians are douches.

ACK!

[nd90t3sf]

Plus, Californians are douches.

ACK!

You're just mad because everyone hates Texas.

[Jadldqys]

You're just mad because everyone hates Texas.

Not really, I have lived in both places, even your precious San Diego, so I know the difference.

ACK!

[CialisBestPrice]

Not really, I have lived in both places, even your precious San Diego, so I know the difference.

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Shitty weather vs good weather? Raving gun nuts vs normal people?

[9uWzBx4l]

But with white people, and money, and nice houses.

[exiceJetLip]

But with white people, and money, and nice houses.

Racist.

San Diego is better because it had white people.

The truth has come out.

ACK!

[usacomm]

On a normal day here I can see forever, SD you can see 4 feet.

I remember actually being able to see the coast of Mexico clearly once in 3.5 years. Usually blocked by a nasty brown haze.

The state with the gun nuts also has the far nicer and more polite people.......

ACK!

Actually our air quality is one of the best of any large city in America. There is a lot of coastal haze though but that is natural and blows in off the ocean.

[JulieSmithXIV]

Mexico has plenty of money - more billionaires per capita than the US (IIRC) .

[pharmacologist30]

You are a complete tard if you think that's the 25 largest cities in America... especially since places like Modesto, CA, Lancaster, PA, and Medford, OR, are listed.

[QqJamxqP]

Did you just call Oerdin a 21st century shanty Irishman?

[radicalvolume]

If Californians want high-speed rail, that's fine. The citizens of California should have to pay for it themselves, however. There's no reason taxpayers in other states should have to help pay for a high-speed rail line that won't benefit them.

That's my first thought. How the hell will they pay for it? Arnie is an idiot.
The only things worse are the people that keep handing him the shovel to dig a deeper hole.

[newwebstar]

Oerdin is an illiterate San Diegian. He is also poor and Irish.

That's spot on except I'm not poor, I'm not Irish, nor am I illiterate. Besides, when we met up didn't I have to buy you beer and food because you were unemployed?

[flielagit]

That's spot on except I'm not poor, I'm not Irish, nor am I illiterate. Besides, when we met up didn't I have to buy you beer and food because you were unemployed?

I am a gentle manne of leisure.

[Stacypettlerr]

It's an opinion piece but it's from today's LA Times.

Last November, voters passed a bond measure(2008) approving $9.95 billion to fund a high-speed train line from San Diego to Sacramento. They couldn't have known it then, but the timing was fortuitous. Months later, as part of the stimulus package, Congress dedicated $8 billion to pay for high-speed rail projects across the country. California is the only state where voters have already approved funding for a bullet train, and it has the most state-of-the-art proposal, with the most planning work completed, in the nation. Because the funding is meant to stimulate the economy as quickly as possible, officials at the Federal Railroad Administration are expected to give priority to applicants that can start hammering rail spikes soon. So when the California High-Speed Rail Authority submitted its application on Friday, it had powerful arguments on its side. http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/...,3316018.story

At least three sections are indeed shovel ready with engineering and environment permits granted and even bids submitted from contractors. The Stimulus bill included $8 billion just for high speed rail and California is the only state where its ready to go.