California has been forced to cancel the massive bullet train project after having spent and wasted many billions of dollars. They owe the Federal Government three and a half billion dollars. We want that money back now. Whole project is a “green” disaster!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 14, 2019
Trump To California: Give Us Our $3.5 Billion Back For That ‘Green’ High-Speed Rail.
One of the much-critiqued goals of the since-disappeared FAQ Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez sent to major news outlets and posted on her “Green New Deal” information page was the creation of so many high-speed trains across the country that “air travel stops becoming necessary” (don’t spend too much time parsing the grammar of that line).
Right on cue, newly elected California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) announced in his State of the State address this week that he was…canceling most of the high-speed rail project that has already taken over a decade and is now projected to cost taxpayers a staggering $77 billion because, well, it’s just not realistic.
“Abandoning high-speed rail entirely means we will have wasted billions and billions of dollars with nothing but broken promises, partially filled commitments and lawsuits to show for it,”
And not completely abandoning it means you are still doing it and need to be held accountable as such.
Gavin is still holding a grudge…his former wife hanging out with Don Jr., and stuff.
Yeah, they’ll give back that 3.5 Billion…as soon as they get it back from the wetbacks they already spent it on.
What about all those CA politicians and their cronies who got rich(er) buying up real estate along the proposed Right of Way (using insider information)?
One way to get the money back to the citizens of the US, is not to send any federal money to California until the Feds have met $3.5 billion dollars owed to California. This means no money for education, welfare, FEMA projects, on and on. Gavin Nudesome will cave.
Good luck with that…dream.