Breitbart: California Governor Gavin Newsom announced Tuesday in his “State of the State” address at the California State Capitol in Sacramento that he would abandon the state’s high-speed rail system because it was too expensive.
The plan to connect San Francisco to Los Angeles by high-speed rail “would cost too much and, respectfully, would take too long,” he told legislators. He said the state would still build a portion of the system under construction in the rural Central Valley, denying that it would be a “train to nowhere.” He said the state would not send $3.5 billion back to the federal government to be spent by President Donald Trump.
But Newsom said the state could not afford the total cost — even with what he noted was a “record-breaking surplus” in the state’s coffers, thanks to the ongoing economic recovery.
He also replaced the chair of the high-speed rail’s governing body, saying there had been too little oversight and transparency. more here
Well that was fun. How can Newsom refuse to return the $3.5 billion back to the US Taxpayers?
I betcha Trump will get that $3.5 billion back. I can see Trump’s figures rolling in his head to build the wall. SLAP Nudesome down Trump! Audit RTFN!
..”record breaking surplus”..
I call bullshit. CA is playing a shell game with tax monies. They have pushed a $300B pension problem to the right, paying retirees with borrowed dollars, barely paying the interest. At some point, the principal will come due but Newsom will have escaped the problem by then.
Trump needs to hit this statewide sanctuary BS hard, return any “surplus” to federal coffers.
Fortunately he kept the middle part. I can’t tell you how many times I wished there was a quick way to get from Merced to Bakersfield!
(Maybe because I’ve never considered it) 🙂
This is a slap in the face to Alexandria Free Cheese’s Green New Deal.
Not going to return OUR $3.5 billion? Going to cost California 3 or 4 times that amount. Watch for major cuts in disaster relief, contract renewals, road money, block grants. Go ahead governor, you show President Trump how tough you are. Dumb ass.
They’ll probably use the money that’s left to bail out CAL Pers!
I imagine they’ve already either spent of used it to hide other debt on their balance sheets that 3.5 billion, they don’t really have it to return.
“Interest follows escrow”
he owes us, the US taxpayers, more than just the 3.5 billion.
If california received the money as a ‘lump’ for an intended purpose, and that purpose has been abandoned, the money should be returned in like manner. If it is not readily available for return, it suggests that there has been a ‘commingling’ of funds, and a complete audit is necessary.
The dems have already pocketed that money. You’ll never see it again. They ALL need to be audited and THEIR tax returns need to be released.
Maybe this is why they are so hot to focus on Pres. Trump’s tax returns, because all of theirs stinks to high heaven.
Hilarious, the very day they announced this project, I predicted that it would drag on for about five years, accomplishing nothing of value other than shoveling mountains of cash to democrat connected law firms, “consultants”, and fly-by-night construction firms until the cost overruns caused a huge public outcry, leading to the boondoggle put to sleep until the stupid democrat base can be swindled by the same promise another decade or so down the road. You watch. They’ll try this same shit again within most of our lifetimes with the exact same goals (milking the taxpayer) and exact same results (jack fucking shit of any value to the public being done).
Democrats are such monumental fucking assholes, from every single angle and perspective. Someone claiming to be a democrat means they’re either a scheming psychopath, a naive buffoon, or a complete fucking retard.
Cali debt= 1,300,000,000,000 $$$
Estimated upper middle class leaving every year=225,000
Estimated illegal invader scum arriving every year= 100,000. Won’t be long now… better get your poop app.
Isn’t Jerry Brown breaking ground on his new walled mansion project?
The money is not Trump’s to spend. IT IS TAXPAYER MONEY. Democrats….
$3.5 billion lien on all state property designated for the railroad.
Nuisance newsom is pouring more money into the failed school system. Same old B/S.
Yup. No time for that,what with having to REPLACE EVERY BUILDING in accord with the Green New Deal.
Can’t return the extorted money because it’s already been stolen.
And he’s one of the thieves!
The FedGov has NO authority to be handing out confiscated money in the first place.
Stop that and we’d stop a whole shit-load of evil.
$3.5 Billion would have paid for quite a bit of Wall.
Look what’s being squandered in this newest abomination!
These thieves and liars are absolutely shameless – but I bet they’d calm down if we started hanging them … just an idea … call it “gov’t reform.”
izlamo delenda est …