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Actually, it a toad saying he doesn't want it...not the state, or its residents.and i will STILL have a right to talk about what happens to that money in THOSE states toouh...no. the money will be spent. If not in Florida, then in Cali, or some other state.ok then, you STFU about anything north and west of the FL state borders
your asking for FEDERAL MONEY to do this
that makes it MY BUSINESS
State's rights are fine until you feel the need to mouth off about some one else's state...
btw, dipshit, this is a state (yours) saying it doesnt want it
it would only take an hour and a halfWhen is the last time you drove I4 from Tampa to Orlando, exactly?with all the stops this train will have to makeNot a fast service. Basically a cow train.
it wont be much faster
going by car would still be faster
he was electedActually, it a toad saying he doesn't want it...not the state, or its residents.and i will STILL have a right to talk about what happens to that money in THOSE states toouh...no. the money will be spent. If not in Florida, then in Cali, or some other state.
State's rights are fine until you feel the need to mouth off about some one else's state...
btw, dipshit, this is a state (yours) saying it doesnt want it
Tuesday at midnight, yeah, good point.it would only take an hour and a halfWhen is the last time you drove I4 from Tampa to Orlando, exactly?with all the stops this train will have to make
it wont be much faster
going by car would still be faster
yeah, you are nutsTuesday at midnight, yeah, good point.it would only take an hour and a halfWhen is the last time you drove I4 from Tampa to Orlando, exactly?
Gov. Rick Scott rejects funding for high-speed rail - St. Petersburg Times
Florida is the third large state to reject the rail funding, joining Ohio and Wisconsin. Florida's share would have been much larger that of the other two states.
Good for Rick Scott.
he was electedActually, it a toad saying he doesn't want it...not the state, or its residents.and i will STILL have a right to talk about what happens to that money in THOSE states too
btw, dipshit, this is a state (yours) saying it doesnt want it
so tough shit most of your fellow Floridians voted for him
Better plan, do away with the thought of high speed rail all together.....It's a fucking joke. And it will be a bigger fucking joke watching the really really really fast trains speeding by with ten passengers on 'em. Basically, Joe Biden with his family on 'em.Gov. Rick Scott rejects funding for high-speed rail - St. Petersburg Times
Florida is the third large state to reject the rail funding, joining Ohio and Wisconsin. Florida's share would have been much larger that of the other two states.
Good for Rick Scott.
No, dope - not good for Rick Scott, and not good for Florida. That money is going somewhere else if not Florida. New York immediately said that if Florida doesn't want it, New York will take it, and they will probably get it. It's been allocated and will be spent.
Sam Stein HuffPost Reporting [email protected]
White House To Rick Scott: We'll Spend Florida's High-Speed Rail Money Elsewhere
WASHINGTON -- In a bit of political hardball, the Obama administration on Wednesday said it would send $2.4 billion in stimulus money to other states should Florida Gov. Rick Scott not back down on his rejection of the federal government's national high-speed rail project.
Speaking just hours after Scott announced he was abandoning the project due to cost concerns for the state, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney relayed the president's preparedness to simply send the allocated money to other locales rather than, say, use it to lower the federal deficit.
"We think that is an unfortunate decision," Carney said. "This goes right to the essence of what we have been talking about here. There has been a lot of bipartisan support for the need to create the kind of modern infrastructure in this country that will enable us to compete. High speed rail is very much a part of that and we will make sure that that money is used elsewhere to advance the infrastructure and innovation agenda that is essential for economic growth.
"We believe that the money that is allocated for high-speed rail as part of the Recovery Act is essential to the infrastructure agenda that this president has," Carney added later. "Again, it is part of the president's priority and it is essential to us to build an infrastructure that allows us to compete in the 21st Century."
Carney's posture, delivered during his inaugural briefing, isn't the first time that the specter of one state building its own high-speed rail system on another state's dime has been raised. Shortly after Gov. Scott Walker (R-Wisc.) took office he declined to accept federal money for Wisconsin's rail system upgrades. Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) responded quickly by affirming that New York would gladly take the un-cashed checks.
All of which has caused Democrats in Florida to lash back at their newly elected governor for his conservative braggadocio.
"It's eating our seed corn," said Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), referencing the colloquialism that when times are tough, and one is hungry, you're supposed to plant seeds for crop, not eat them.
good thing they had common sense in the governors office thenhe was electedActually, it a toad saying he doesn't want it...not the state, or its residents.
so tough shit most of your fellow Floridians voted for him
Well, actually, the Republican-controlled Senate has said they wanted it.
I'm not sure what the House has said yet.
he was electedActually, it a toad saying he doesn't want it...not the state, or its residents.and i will STILL have a right to talk about what happens to that money in THOSE states too
btw, dipshit, this is a state (yours) saying it doesnt want it
so tough shit most of your fellow Floridians voted for him
Better plan, do away with the thought of high speed rail all together.....It's a fucking joke. And it will be a bigger fucking joke watching the really really really fast trains speeding by with ten passengers on 'em. Basically, Joe Biden with his family on 'em.Gov. Rick Scott rejects funding for high-speed rail - St. Petersburg Times
Florida is the third large state to reject the rail funding, joining Ohio and Wisconsin. Florida's share would have been much larger that of the other two states.
Good for Rick Scott.
No, dope - not good for Rick Scott, and not good for Florida. That money is going somewhere else if not Florida. New York immediately said that if Florida doesn't want it, New York will take it, and they will probably get it. It's been allocated and will be spent.
Sam Stein HuffPost Reporting [email protected]
White House To Rick Scott: We'll Spend Florida's High-Speed Rail Money Elsewhere
WASHINGTON -- In a bit of political hardball, the Obama administration on Wednesday said it would send $2.4 billion in stimulus money to other states should Florida Gov. Rick Scott not back down on his rejection of the federal government's national high-speed rail project.
Speaking just hours after Scott announced he was abandoning the project due to cost concerns for the state, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney relayed the president's preparedness to simply send the allocated money to other locales rather than, say, use it to lower the federal deficit.
"We think that is an unfortunate decision," Carney said. "This goes right to the essence of what we have been talking about here. There has been a lot of bipartisan support for the need to create the kind of modern infrastructure in this country that will enable us to compete. High speed rail is very much a part of that and we will make sure that that money is used elsewhere to advance the infrastructure and innovation agenda that is essential for economic growth.
"We believe that the money that is allocated for high-speed rail as part of the Recovery Act is essential to the infrastructure agenda that this president has," Carney added later. "Again, it is part of the president's priority and it is essential to us to build an infrastructure that allows us to compete in the 21st Century."
Carney's posture, delivered during his inaugural briefing, isn't the first time that the specter of one state building its own high-speed rail system on another state's dime has been raised. Shortly after Gov. Scott Walker (R-Wisc.) took office he declined to accept federal money for Wisconsin's rail system upgrades. Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) responded quickly by affirming that New York would gladly take the un-cashed checks.
All of which has caused Democrats in Florida to lash back at their newly elected governor for his conservative braggadocio.
"It's eating our seed corn," said Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), referencing the colloquialism that when times are tough, and one is hungry, you're supposed to plant seeds for crop, not eat them.
The government can't run slow speed trains, and the fools out there think they're going to run high speed trains.[/QUOTE]
They're called idiots, aka democrats.
Republican Fl. Gov. Rick Scott angers Republicans over refusing to accept high speed rail money
U.S. Rep. John Mica, R-Winter Park, who chairs the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and is as far right as a Tea Party politician can be, said this about Scott's decision:
"I am deeply disappointed," said U.S. Rep. John Mica, a Republican whose district reaches from Orlando to the Atlantic Coast, where the rail service could have been expanded. "This is a huge setback for the state of Florida, our transportation, economic development, and important tourism industry."In one fell swoop, Scott has helped reelect Democratic Senator Bill Nelson and restricted Florida's competitive balance as a state.
This is what happens when you elect amateurs and morons to the Governorship. Rick Scott is an unindicted felon, and belongs in jail.
Republican Fl. Gov. Rick Scott angers Republicans over refusing to accept high speed rail money
U.S. Rep. John Mica, R-Winter Park, who chairs the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and is as far right as a Tea Party politician can be, said this about Scott's decision:
"I am deeply disappointed," said U.S. Rep. John Mica, a Republican whose district reaches from Orlando to the Atlantic Coast, where the rail service could have been expanded. "This is a huge setback for the state of Florida, our transportation, economic development, and important tourism industry."In one fell swoop, Scott has helped reelect Democratic Senator Bill Nelson and restricted Florida's competitive balance as a state.
This is what happens when you elect amateurs and morons to the Governorship. Rick Scott is an unindicted felon, and belongs in jail.
he was electedActually, it a toad saying he doesn't want it...not the state, or its residents.
so tough shit most of your fellow Floridians voted for him
I think the residents of Florida have voted high speed rail down more than once. I don't know which Florida you live in but it's true of the one I live in.. Tough shit rabid.
November 2004 Florida HSR Constitutional Amendment Repealed
Florida voters repeal the high speed rail amendment. The fiscal impact statement with the repeal amendment estimates the state cost savings from between $20 to $25 billion during a 30 year period.
Prominent opponents note lack of federal financial support for HSR. FDOTs current estimates, based upon engineering design and analysis, the Tampa-Orlando-Miami corridor will cost approximately $13 billion to build, with more than 80 percent of these funds coming from the federal rail program.
he was elected
so tough shit most of your fellow Floridians voted for him
I think the residents of Florida have voted high speed rail down more than once. I don't know which Florida you live in but it's true of the one I live in.. Tough shit rabid.
They did at least once.
November 2004 Florida HSR Constitutional Amendment Repealed
Florida voters repeal the high speed rail amendment. The fiscal impact statement with the repeal amendment estimates the state cost savings from between $20 to $25 billion during a 30 year period.
Prominent opponents note lack of federal financial support for HSR. FDOTs current estimates, based upon engineering design and analysis, the Tampa-Orlando-Miami corridor will cost approximately $13 billion to build, with more than 80 percent of these funds coming from the federal rail program.
History - Florida High Speed Rail
sorry, that was the congress that got booted out on their ASS last electionExactly. If there is a market demand for these things private industry would have done it, or woud be seeking investors.
All this si is trying to spend our way out of debt for what? Temporary jobs? Another losing proposition as AMTRAK?
Temporary? This could take a generation and then be ongoing work for a lot of people.
If congress ever starts thinking about jobs rather than how big and hard they can screw working people, they might actually earn their own keep.
btw, this story has ZERO to do with congress
but not as much as you did before the last election, FREAKsorry, that was the congress that got booted out on their ASS last electionTemporary? This could take a generation and then be ongoing work for a lot of people.
If congress ever starts thinking about jobs rather than how big and hard they can screw working people, they might actually earn their own keep.
btw, this story has ZERO to do with congress
They did huh,we still control the senate and white house you freaks!!!
it would only take an hour and a halfWhen is the last time you drove I4 from Tampa to Orlando, exactly?with all the stops this train will have to make
it wont be much faster
going by car would still be faster
