Posted by Richard Rider at 1:06 pm on Aug 23, 2011 Comments Off on San Francisco building useless 1.7 mile subway for $1.6 BILLION
Many of us simply marvel at the idiocy underlying
California’s high speed rail (HSR) project. It was sold
to the public with what are now obvious lies, falsehoods and — well
— more lies. The backers are in it for the billions of
profit, yet the left loves these “green” corporatist conmen.
Knowing what we now know, how can any sane person still
support HSR?
The answer is a mystery, but to me, “mindset” seems to
best describe the underlying mentality. And we can see this
mindset with the current insane, useless, wasteful subway project
proceeding in San Francisco. San Francisco is determined to
build an unneeded 1.7 mile subway for $1.6 billion (likely more).
If you read this story, you’ll simply shake your head in
dismay.
If it were ONLY the left wing loonies in the Bay Area
who were paying for this boondoggle, perhaps this modern pyramid to
lunkheads could be ruefully enjoyed. Sadly, we all will be
paying for 60% of this deal via the federal government, which
apparently has money to burn — or, in this case, to bury forever
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