450 THOUSAND JOBS ?
This sounds like the same kind of hype we heard about the pipeline from Canada.
450,000? - Once it's built, I don't see how it would take more than a few hundred people to run it and do maintenance. If it was such a big energy savings, that would have come up before now, also.
High speed rail is a great idea. I don't see that we should fall for the huge price, though. A lot of price gouging has been going on - obviously - God knows how many people have been effectively 'bribed' or assured they will become rich by not opposing - how else can the costs have gotten completely out of control ?
Nobody wants to improve the state. Everybody participating just wants a piece of the pie, and all have agreed to make the pie larger.
If we can't do it for around the original cost - it should be scrapped for now and restarted by people who honor commitments and care about costs.
