Re:Taiwan managed to build high-speed rail. Why can't Califo...
by ghaff on Sunday October 20, 2019 @02:39PM
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>Highways were also originally built for national defense with the economic benefits as a secondary force.
That's the standard story. From what I've read though, Eisenhower wanted to build the Interstate Highway System for a number of reasons of which defense was only one--and possibly a fairly minor one. But he knew that playing up the defense angle was a good strategy to get the plan passed.
That's the standard story. From what I've read though, Eisenhower wanted to build the Interstate Highway System for a number of reasons of which defense was only one--and possibly a fairly minor one. But he knew that playing up the defense angle was a good strategy to get the plan passed.