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Originally Posted by SnyderBock
Being a state which votes 60% conservative, it is no surprise that they are taking the path conservatives always try to direct these HSR programs into. Conservatives know that if they can "compromise" down from HSR to conventional rail, that the cost will be reduced to a smaller amount (less to loose) and the riderships will be so low (because it's so slow and infrequent), that the annual subsidized will be high enough that they can in later years use that as ammunition to cancel the service altogether.
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Modern conservatives are very
very good at having
wrong genre savvy. Higher oil prices = higher gas prices = more people taking the train.
And oil prices are gonna go up.