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$11 billion later, high speed rail in US drags along

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[quote user="schlimm"] [quote user="Sam1"]The best and brightest business executives are motivated to generate a return for their stakeholders. It is a passion with them. It was a passion with me. I never met a top business executive or entrepreneur who would work for an organization that consistently loses money.  Which makes me wonder? What kind of an executive or senior manager goes to work for an Amtrak?   Getting up every morning knowing that you are with a loser cannot be very motivating.  [/quote] In health and most research in physics and the other sciences as well as medicine, the best and brightest work for not-for-profits organizations and non-profit universities.  The lack of striving for a profit doesn't seem to be a barrier there to high motivation. [/quote] Research is not a commercial enterprise, although it may have commercial implications down the road. Amtrak is a commercial enterprise that competes with airlines and bus companies. I have read over the years a number of reports that question the efficacy of some pure research. A couple of years ago I visited the Golden Spike Tower at UP's North Platte Yard. On the way home I noticed as I drove through Nebraska and Iowa billboards touting the cancer research programs at their state universities. Similar research is conducted at MD Anderson in Houston. I got to wondering. How well are these research programs coordinated?  And how effective are they?
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