Please don't presume to know what all the people want. I, for one, would love the ability to hop on a train to go to L.A. or Anaheim and not have to worry about traffic or parking.
February 11, 2012 at 11:52 AM
Anonymous said...
Where is the money going to come from to build this? The state of California is BROKE and so is the federal government. No private investors have come forward to hep fund it, the ridership estimates are a fantasy, the projected cost has balloned to $100 billion, it will destroy many homes, farms and businesses and it won't be done until 2033, if then. We just flat out don't have the money for it. They don't have the money to fix the roads we already have, they are closing libraries and laying off state and county employees because of a budget crunch. This project will never work and will only destroy the state financially - just so a few can "hop a train to go to L.A. or Anaheim and not have to worry about traffic or parking." Yeah, that's worth destroying the state financially for.
February 11, 2012 at 9:39 PM
Anonymous said...
The HSR's projected cost is $100 billion dollars (and it may be more), the ridership estiamtes are a fantasy, they don't know where they are going to get funding, it will destroy homes, farms and buisnesses, they lied about the number of jobs it would create, it won't be done until at least 2033, if then, and teh state of California is already deeply in debt. This project is not worth destroying our state for. It is sheer lunacy financially and in so many other ways as well. Thank you Kevin McCarthy for trying to defund this monstrosity.
February 11, 2012 at 9:46 PM
Rep. Kevin McCarthy, House Majority Whip, gives us his weekly view from Capitol Hill. In his words:
"February 6 marked President Ronald Reagan’s 101st birthday. What strikes me most when I reflect on his life is that his words and actions continue to inspire America. He truly believed in this country
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and America was “mankind’s best hope.” He also deeply respected our fundamental constitutional rights, vigilantly protecting them from judicial activism and government interference.
"This week, it was hard to ignore the uproar surrounding the Obama Administration’s mandate that flouted religious freedoms and our First Amendment rights. In attempting to implement the new health care law (whose own constitutionality is currently in question in the Supreme Court), the Administration set out new rules that would force religiously-affiliated organizations to comply with mandates in Obamacare, even if those mandates infringe on their conscience and beliefs. I join many of you who have called my office in outrage to this decision, and I will work to ensure this action does not stand.
"Unfortunately, this Administration has made a habit of telling the American people what they ‘need.’ This week, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood was in California to talk about how badly the state needed high-speed rail (HSR). Sound bites are nice, but the fact is that HSR is the last thing California’s strained budget and overburdened taxpayers need. The money’s not there, the ridership estimates are exaggerated and the people don’t want it. Both the Bakersfield City Council and Kern County Board of Supervisors voted to oppose the project, and 59 percent of voters say given the chance to vote again, they would vote no.
"The Federal Government is going into its fourth year of $1 trillion deficits and the State of California could run out of money by early March. HSR is not a smart investment, and I’m continuing to push
legislation to freeze all unspent federal dollars for the project. Many Californians work hard to support their families, save for their kid’s college, and build a nest egg for retirement, all the while
paying taxes to Washington and Sacramento. We must do more to ensure that government respects the money you send to Washington and spends it carefully.
"Despite all our challenges, America remains strong and I remain optimistic. I am reminded of President Reagan’s farewell speech, where he described that shining city on a hill. President Reagan said, “I’ve
spoken of the shining city all my political life, but I don’t know if I ever quite communicated what I saw when I said it. But in my mind it was a tall, proud city built on rocks stronger than oceans, windswept, God-blessed, and teeming with people of all kinds living in harmony and peace; a city with free ports that hummed with commerce and creativity. And if there had to be city walls, the walls had doors
and the doors were open to anyone with the will and the heart to get here. That’s how I saw it, and see it still.” And that’s how I see it, and see it still.
posted by Richard Beene at 2:53 PM on Feb 10, 2012
"McCarthy: Time for Obama to stop telling us what we 'need' like high speed rail"
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Please don't presume to know what all the people want. I, for one, would love the ability to hop on a train to go to L.A. or Anaheim and not have to worry about traffic or parking.
February 11, 2012 at 11:52 AM
Where is the money going to come from to build this? The state of California is BROKE and so is the federal government. No private investors have come forward to hep fund it, the ridership estimates are a fantasy, the projected cost has balloned to $100 billion, it will destroy many homes, farms and businesses and it won't be done until 2033, if then. We just flat out don't have the money for it. They don't have the money to fix the roads we already have, they are closing libraries and laying off state and county employees because of a budget crunch. This project will never work and will only destroy the state financially - just so a few can "hop a train to go to L.A. or Anaheim and not have to worry about traffic or parking." Yeah, that's worth destroying the state financially for.
February 11, 2012 at 9:39 PM
The HSR's projected cost is $100 billion dollars (and it may be more), the ridership estiamtes are a fantasy, they don't know where they are going to get funding, it will destroy homes, farms and buisnesses, they lied about the number of jobs it would create, it won't be done until at least 2033, if then, and teh state of California is already deeply in debt. This project is not worth destroying our state for. It is sheer lunacy financially and in so many other ways as well. Thank you Kevin McCarthy for trying to defund this monstrosity.
February 11, 2012 at 9:46 PM