In Reply to: but it will turn a profit by 2057! posted by Doc on 2012-04-02 15:41:29

• CA High speed rail, fail.   -  Doc  2012-04-02 12:49:49 (98 views)
• you go to Europe or Japan, and you see those systems thriving; US epic fail at same thing   -  CARTIERFROHAWK  2012-04-02 22:59:30 (45 views)
• More like Republican fail... it's obviously something that needs to happen if...  -  buzz  2012-04-02 17:15:44 (112 views)
• why do you suppose that Republicans are so against rail, anyway?  -  DC Warrior  2012-04-03 15:02:56 (69 views)
• Yes... not exactly advocates of smart growth  -  buzz  2012-04-03 16:46:04 (55 views)
• More rail means less reliance overall on oil, and less profit for Big Oil.   -  Flashfire  2012-04-03 16:07:32 (43 views)
• this is partly true, but IIRC, the GOP did deep think in the 90s  -  DC Warrior  2012-04-04 08:04:25 (59 views)
• how boring you are dude  -  Doc  2012-04-02 18:18:59 (94 views)
• the "idiot" stuff rings very hollow and peculiar;it's a solidly proven method   -  CARTIERFROHAWK  2012-04-02 23:01:50 (50 views)
• HSR is a must for California but I question where they're trying to begin it   -  Flashfire  2012-04-02 19:26:25 (43 views)
• How does Mitt's dick taste?  -  buzz  2012-04-02 19:11:09 (76 views)
• Id be fine wiping out 50% of state pensions to fund the full project  -  Hoser  2012-04-02 13:04:17 (78 views)
• Silly.  -  gribble the mispost master  2012-04-02 21:20:03 (59 views)
• so sayeth the state government worker with a fat pension  -  Doc  2012-04-02 22:36:15 (60 views)
• You mean the guy who chose to be underpaid his entire career  -  gribble the mispost master  2012-04-02 23:22:54 (57 views)
• How about they just take it out of your 401k?   -  buzz  2012-04-02 17:10:04 (52 views)
• Sure thing, since there is $0 in  -  Hoser  2012-04-02 17:43:14 (65 views)
• "As would nearly all Californians"-really?  -  Doc  2012-04-02 13:46:11 (92 views)
• Like all the jobs that have come from reduced regulation and lower taxes?  -  Hoser  2012-04-02 15:17:25 (69 views)
• btw....CA unemployment still 10+%.....take out a couple of silicon valley industries and its 11+%  -  Doc  2012-04-02 15:46:53 (75 views)
• You can blame deregulation of the financial industry for that  -  Hoser  2012-04-02 17:42:27 (57 views)
• when were there regulations cut and taxes lowered in CA?   -  Doc  2012-04-02 15:39:49 (47 views)
• Some people would ride it once out of curiosity, or maybe  -  gsw_hoops  2012-04-02 15:00:59 (82 views)
• I wouldn't ride it for business (work pays for that). for myself?  -  Heath  2012-04-02 15:59:04 (76 views)
• business people take the acela from DC to NY  -  DC Warrior  2012-04-02 16:27:25 (68 views)
• BART takes us many places in the Bay Area, and then there's  -  gsw_hoops  2012-04-02 17:01:43 (67 views)
• Have you ever even been on a high speed rail before?  -  Hoser  2012-04-02 17:45:00 (66 views)
• What does my experience (or lack thereof) have to do with  -  gsw_hoops  2012-04-02 17:52:50 (70 views)
• Because projects like this put people to work. Working people pay taxes and buy stuff  -  gribble the mispost master  2012-04-02 21:16:28 (82 views)
• Because you are an idiot  -  Hoser  2012-04-02 19:51:04 (67 views)
• Get rid of roads and parks - they don't turn a profit.  -  gribble the mispost master  2012-04-02 21:17:47 (60 views)
• apparently the coolness factor would overwhelm you into wanting to ride it every day?   -  Doc  2012-04-02 18:21:51 (56 views)
• Damn, I'll find me a job somewhere where this train goes!  -  gsw_hoops  2012-04-02 19:03:28 (53 views)
• Irony: you would have benefited from this when you used to drive 100+ miles each way to work  -  Flashfire  2012-04-02 19:29:45 (75 views)
• but it will turn a profit by 2057!  -  Doc  2012-04-02 15:41:29 (65 views)
• you know it took almost 50 years to get the bay bridge built?  -  Chicken  2012-04-04 03:13:03 (38 views)
• Oh well then. That seals it. Get the shovels and ribbons!   -  gsw_hoops  2012-04-02 17:13:35 (52 views)
• can I see the business plan for I-5? When is that projected to turn a profit  -  DC Warrior  2012-04-02 16:28:14 (76 views)
• KO   -  buzz  2012-04-03 13:43:28 (39 views)
• go talk to Jerry Brown...he is the one championing HSR whilst cutting it down  -  Doc  2012-04-02 18:16:41 (80 views)
• Why should I talk to Brown? YOU came up with the snark about profit and I called you on it  -  DC Warrior  2012-04-03 06:27:51 (57 views)
• So is the Interstate Highway System a boondoggle?   -  nomad  2012-04-02 20:33:16 (56 views)
• thats an idiot comparison that isnt worth my time to discuss  -  Doc  2012-04-02 22:34:22 (72 views)
• Wtf, lol. So faster roads can't be compared to faster trains? No wonder you're so busy  -  nomad  2012-04-03 13:13:39 (62 views)
• except it isn't free to use - don't we pay taxes on gas to help keep up the roads?  -  gribble the mispost master  2012-04-03 14:17:44 (51 views)
• Thought about writing "free" but wth.   -  nomad  2012-04-03 16:17:58 (41 views)
• you are still missing the point. There are plenty of interstates now, and we still build new ones  -  DC Warrior  2012-04-03 06:29:22 (56 views)
• Republicans don't "do" externalities lol   -  live  2012-04-02 17:49:41 (48 views)
• Because Doc is an idiot  -  Hoser  2012-04-02 17:43:55 (62 views)
• linking up Caltrain and Metrolink seems like a good idea though  -  Max  2012-04-02 17:20:20 (70 views)