Hi speed transportation should have competition. The best way is to allow public/private finance of high speed roadways. The speed could be limited to a tight range of 155 +/- 5 mph during the hours of 6am to 10 pm. 10pm to 6a could be unlimited. Cars would have to get certified for usage on these high speed roadway, by a vehicle standard and a special operator's license and special insurance...
Trump's pilgrimage to force local conflicts to be resolved, locally, is of impeccable timing. Japan and SK will never pay for non-nuclear protection, because they can do it themselves, far more efficiently. However, this does not mean that Japan and SK need to go nuclear. The US can provide the nuclear deterrence easily for pennies on the dollar and thus prevent nuclear proliferation. The...
"You have to argue that the gain of manufacturing jobs will be worth more than the loss of inexpensive manufactured goods. The market currently says that argument is false"
Huh? Wrong. Nothing currently being manufactured would be effected until thousands of new manufacturing plant are brought (back?) online here in the USA. Your you must prove your idealized statement is valid by your metrics; and it is not.