California will not complete $77B high-speed rail project: governor

Re:California will not complete $77B high-speed rail project... by jdminhbg on Tuesday February 12, 2019 @05:16PM (#19148188)

> Wow. Merced to Bakersfield. I mean, why not light the money on fire instead?

Newsom explains in a quote given in the article: not spending the money means "giving it back to Donald Trump."

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Re:California will not complete $77B high-speed rail project... by inferiorhuman on Tuesday February 12, 2019 @07:40PM (#19149251)

So use the money to build and LA-SF system. Merced to Bakersfield is insanity.

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Re:California will not complete $77B high-speed rail project... by iaabtpbtpnn on Tuesday February 12, 2019 @06:12PM (#19148671)

But it's not Donald Trump's money, it's the federal government's money, which means it's OUR money...

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