Virginia MagLev Project Back on Track

Raven42rac writes "After much delay, the $14 million Maglev train project is back on track at Old Dominion University in Virginia. All the petty lawsuits have been settled, and a much needed $2 million grant has been approved. Let us hope that this sets a precedent to Americans to not litigate ourselves out of the science and technology markets due to petty disagreements and greed. We do not need to be our own worst enemy. I, for one, would much rather ride a Maglev monorail with others, than drive a gas-guzzling car by myself. (And I apologise for the pun in the headline.)"

Comments

Re:They need to hurry

[asbestos_tophat]

Ha HA HA Ha hA ROTL

They could also trade the budget in for 1000 Horse and Buggies. Shoot, it could make a big steaming pile of policy too. ;o) lol

Re:Yay!

[Uber Banker]

Oh, you love it... that's why you reply! I am the sadist, you are the masochist and Slashdot is our tool.

Re:Car vs. Maglev?

[Troed]

As the other reply states, it would take ages to explain all the differences.

In short, I'm taxed 38% (I think it is) on my income. Cost of living ... I have a central apartment, 87 square meters, in Sweden's third biggest city. I have a nice car, garage, all the usual high tech gadgets (or maybe more ..) I usually use up about 3/4 of my monthly salary on bills - but then some of that is due to my fiancé still being in school so she's not bringing in very much.

What I get .. last autumn I got back problems, slipped discs. I've been home from 50-100% of the time since then, but the social insurancy system paid me something like half my usual salary, and the company's insurancy made up for the rest up to 80-90% something.

I also never pay more then $120 in total to see a doctor an unlimited times per year - and something like a maximum of $160 on medicine. Taxes go to paying for the ones who need more than that per year.

A work week is EXTREMELY seldom more than 40h, even though I work as a consultant. If I work more, I get paid from 1.5 to 2.5 times my normal salary, or I get more days off after the bulk of overtime was needed. ... oh .. I pay around $1.4 per litre of gas for the car ;) That's quite a lot per gallon ...