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MrWowWow

(624 posts) Sun Jul 20, 2025, 08:21 AM Sunday

Why Do Only rePIGFugger Presidents Cut California's High Speed Rail Project Federal Funding?

Democratic administrations have consistently supported and funded the project. No Democratic president has ever cut its federal funding.

It's fuggin deja vu all over again!
https://apnews.com/article/california-high-speed-rail-funding-federal-trump-efaabea020967ec42338c47bac863f4e

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Why Do Only rePIGFugger Presidents Cut California's High Speed Rail Project Federal Funding? (Original Post) MrWowWow Sunday OP

Two words: Gavin Newsom lamp_shade Sunday #1

Were voters sold a bill of goods? MichMan Sunday #2

Yep SickOfTheOnePct Sunday #3

lamp_shade

(15,253 posts)

1. Two words: Gavin Newsom

Reply to MrWowWow (Original post)

Sun Jul 20, 2025, 08:42 AM

Sunday

MichMan

(15,515 posts)

2. Were voters sold a bill of goods?

Reply to MrWowWow (Original post)

Sun Jul 20, 2025, 10:10 AM

Sunday

Prop 1A passed by voters in 2008 indicated that the LA to SF project (494 miles) would in total cost $33 billion and be completed in 2020.

Current estimates have the cost for just the Merced to Bakersfield portion (171 milers) at $32 billion with completion in 2035. The entire project from LA to SF is now expected to cost well over $100 billion.

SickOfTheOnePct

(8,060 posts)

3. Yep

Reply to MichMan (Reply #2)

Sun Jul 20, 2025, 10:14 AM

Sunday

At what point is this just throwing good money after bad?

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