Trump administration takes aim at $4B in funding for California high-speed rail

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15. Bull crap, it's a little faster for a few people that can afford it.

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Like the toll for single riders to pay for the privilege to bypass those that can't afford to get home sooner like the typical hardworking blue collar worker that has to live farther from work.
That's how they sold that boondoggle. Just like charter schools and private prisons. Under the guise of it will be fair for everybody.
That guy that just dug trenches for 12 hours so he can drive for 2 hours stuck in traffic, to get home, see his family, eat, and maybe sleep for 6 hours and get up at 5am to leave by 6am to do it all over again. Meanwhile, you have the suited business guy get up maybe 730am after 8 hours of sleep, passing that laborer stuck on the freeway because he paid for the privilege to ride on the same freeway the laborer paid taxes to build, but in his express lane via tolls.
Same thing for the really fast, really expensive train that shaves 90 minutes.
My daughter drove that commute 4.5 hrs 2 times round-trip, 4 times each way per week for 2 years as a grad student at UC Berkeley because we couldn't afford housing there.
You know who wants that commute? Tech brats that work near S.F. that don't want the hassle of flying. And politicians.
F.CK that.