Obama Calling For $53B For High Speed Rail

Antisyzygy writes "President Obama is calling for $53B to be appropriated for the construction of high-speed rail in the United States over the next 6 years. Assuming Congress approves this plan, the funding would be spent on developing and/or improving trains that travel at approximately 250 miles/hour, as well as spent on connecting existing rail lines to new developed high speed lines."

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Re:Its not the speed that is the problem.

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Obama spent all the money? Nope. Bush spent all the money. Bush started two wars and increased spending while slashing taxes. The bailout was Bush's baby. You might be able to legitimately claim that Obama hasn't done enough to fix the budget problems, but most people would like the government to create jobs during a recession rather than cut them, don't you think?