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HSR was new in 1965. Most people reading this were not even born then. Congress wants to fund something new and exciting not the same old thing with just small upgrades. Of course the next congress will want to fund something different - so nothing will ever happen.

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Yes and that next thing will be tax cuts, thanks to the libertarians. #yesWeCan?

At least a tax cut lets me use my money in something useful for me. My taxes that have went to CAHSR have nothing useful to show for them. (I don't live in CA, so that is effectively zero, but the point stands) IF CAHSR would be completed it would develop economic growth. The consultants who have made money to date are not growth, they are a zero sum game where they could have been doing something else.

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