$300 MILLION dangled in front of states’ noses for high speed rail just one example:
High speed rail from San Francisco to Anaheim likely cost at least 67 BILLION and higher if there are construction overruns in metropolitan areas. The only people who want this California Dream are Democratic politicians. State voters approved a $9 billion bond. The first leg of the train track goes from nowhere to nowhere and will have to be subsidized.
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said he plans to divert to California some $300 MILLION in high speed funds that Florida rejected. Last week California’s Legislative Analyst’s Office warned the state legislature not to approve funds for high speed rail.
Time to tell the California legislature to pull the plug on high speed rail before it blows up on the taxpayers.
Better yet, tell the California legislature to send back the money and require that the money go to bring down the federal budget.
Time that all unspent grant money from stated go to federal debt retirement. The Refund Act by Congressman Denny Rehberg of Montana and Senator Marco Rubio of Florida requires the federal government to dedicate all unspent grant money from states go go debt retirement.
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