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Govt. and Money
BHO came to Florida to announce that the Feds are giving $1.7 billion to cover some of the cost of installing a ---- wait for it --- Bullet Train between Tampa and Orlando. Florida would be the first state to have a bullet train blah blah blah. Jobs would be the bonus for some here in the Sunshine State. The total projected cost is just north of $10 billion. The State of Florida is operating with a budget deficit in the millions for the turd straight year despite the fact that the Republican controlled state legislature raised fees for damn near everything and added a $1.00/pack tax on cigs.
Where will the balance of the money come from? Reminds me of a little project in Boston started what over 10 years ago. Did they ever finish the Big Dig? How did they fund it? I could have Googled it because work is slow, but I figure there are enough v-20'ers in the greater Boston area that someone would know. 
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02-04-2010, 02:50 PM
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Not from the Boston area, but my Mother lives about 20 miles south of Boston. Big Dig was finally finished, but there were some major problems with it a few years ago, including a fatality due to a large chunk of the tunnel falling on a car. Lots of leaks too. Even though it ran millions, if not billions, over budget, from my limited experience driving through it to get to the airport, it is a successful project. Sure helped the Boston skyline too eliminating the highway running right through town.
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02-04-2010, 04:55 PM
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I hear you, traffic up there is hell, it really isn't any better from Orlando to Tampa. The main issue for me is , how much is it gonna cost me? I am all for progress but I can't see ever using the train and if it cost $10billion to build what is the upkeep for a train I will never ride on. If it cost me a dollar that is too much. There is no study showing how it will improve the flow of traffic or if anyone will even use it. It will shorten the ride from Orlando to Tampa to 45 minutes. After you find a parking spot, buy your tickets, luggage?, wait on the next outbound train etc. You could have made the drive and people will still need to have transportation on the other end to their destination. It just don't make sense, besides Americans are not going to park their car/independence to ride the train unless some drastic changes are made.
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02-04-2010, 05:23 PM
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Side tracking this conversation, but i'd use the Miami-Orlando proposed leg of this proposition.
Will stay out of the $ issue as it doesn't make sense. Will most likely go over budget anyway as with all else down here.
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02-04-2010, 05:39 PM
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they need to build a bullet train that runs from Miami/Ft Lauderdale stright up to New Jersey/New York, preferably with no stops between. Sure would make I95 alot nicer. next thing you know, they'll have one running from here(Charleston) to Cleveland. Maybee they'll only be one way
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02-04-2010, 06:10 PM
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I agree with Spare. Doesn't the goobermint already have rail service called Amtrak? Oh yeah, that little project is real profitable.
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02-08-2010, 09:20 AM
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When a government project is proposed that doesn't make sence or address a real need, you can bet that some senator or congressman, on the state or federal level, is getting paid by big business to make it happen.
Man, I have got to get in on that gravy train.
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