I can get the Republicans to drop their objections. All we have to do is award the contracts to do the work to Halliburton and pay them 5 times what another vendor would charge.
We could turn this economy around a lot faster if the Republicans would stop fighting against and trying to undo every program designed to help.
The PR problem is caused by the absurd idea of calling 90 MPH "High Speed Rail". The public is not buying that and therefor keeps dividing the cost by the small speed advantage. They should call it what it is. It is a capacity upgrade that will allow them to run more trains and gain a little speed in the process. While they are straightening some curves and eliminating some RR crossings, the majority of the money is adding double track and passing sidings. It is, in fact, a speeding up of improvements that NC has been working on for ten years.
Dave
Lackawanna Route of the Phoebe Snow
Phoebe: Looks like the rail people in NC will have to deal with the GOP following their try to kill HrSR work.. It certainly appears that the GOP with a few exceptions wants to make all of the US automobile drivers. But that is not possible.
My example is suppose my mother who cannot drive wants to go to Raleigh. Now she will not ask me to drive her there because she would think it too much trouble for me to drive a round trip twice.But she will let me take her to the train station, ride the train, and have the person she is to visit pick her up at the Raleigh station.
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2011/03/22/2162151/rail-deal-clears-way-for-fast.html
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