Newsom suing Trump for defunding California's train

[Foxfyre]

Newsom has had 16 years to build a bullet train--, has spent billions, and not a single piece of track has yet been laid.

Without any heavy equipment or other modern inventions, Americans laid over 1,700 miles of the transcontinental railroad and had it operational in six years in the mid 19th Century.

So Newsom's lawsuit against Trump for canceling federal funding for the railroad is a bit silly especially when it is based on Trump playing petty politics and vindictiveness which is absurd on the face of it.

The original plan was for 800 miles of a high speed train. That has been reduced to 171 miles and only 57 miles of work preparing the ground to lay track has been done with massive cost overruns. How much money does Newsom expect us to throw after bad?

The amount currently scheduled that is now pulled is $4 billion. As long as the GOP is in the White House there won't be any more wasted on that mismanaged project.

Why doesn't Newsom just use some of the mega billions he is spending on illegal migrants to pay for his train?

Trump admin pulls plug on $4B for California's 'train to nowhere' project

U.S. Transportation Department cancels $4 billion for California's high-speed rail after review found zero miles of track laid in 10 years and ballooning costs.

www.foxbusiness.com

 

[shockedcanadian]

Newsom has had 16 years to build a bullet train and not a single piece of track has yet been laid.

Without any heavy equipment or other modern inventions, Americans laid the transcontinental railroad and had it operational in six years.

So Newsom's lawsuit against Trump for canceling federal funding for the railroad is a bit silly especially when it is based on Trump playing petty politics and vindictiveness.

Why doesn't Newsom just use the billions he is spending on illegal migrants to pay for his train?

Trump admin pulls plug on $4B for California's 'train to nowhere' project

U.S. Transportation Department cancels $4 billion for California's high-speed rail after review found zero miles of track laid in 10 years and ballooning costs.

www.foxbusiness.com

It should be the taxpayers suing Newsom, no?

 

[Foxfyre]

It should be the taxpayers suing Newsom, no?

That would be logical in my opinion.

 

[Concerned American]

Newsom has had 16 years to build a bullet train, has spent billions, and not a single piece of track has yet been laid.

Without any heavy equipment or other modern inventions, Americans laid over 1,700 miles of the transcontinental railroad and had it operational in six years in the mid 19th Century.

So Newsom's lawsuit against Trump for canceling federal funding for the railroad is a bit silly especially when it is based on Trump playing petty politics and vindictiveness which is absurd on the face of it.

The original plan was for 800 miles of a high speed train. That has been reduced to 171 miles and only 57 miles of work preparing the ground to lay track has been done with massive cost overruns. How much money does Newsom expect us to throw after bad?

The amount currently scheduled that is now pulled is $4 billion. As long as the GOP is in the White House there won't be any more wasted on that mismanaged project.

Why doesn't Newsom just use some of the mega billions he is spending on illegal migrants to pay for his train?

Trump admin pulls plug on $4B for California's 'train to nowhere' project

U.S. Transportation Department cancels $4 billion for California's high-speed rail after review found zero miles of track laid in 10 years and ballooning costs.

www.foxbusiness.com

Newsom hasn't even acquired all of the rights of way for the high speed rail project (as of Sept. 2024)

https://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/article293148069.html

 

[SassyIrishLass]

The entire thing was a boondoggle.

Somebody got rich and taxpayers got hosed

 

[jknowgood]

The entire thing was a boondoggle.

Somebody got rich and taxpayers got hosed

Pelosi sure did.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

Pelosi sure did.

That and insider trading

 

[Concerned American]

The entire thing was a boondoggle.

Somebody got rich and taxpayers got hosed

A lot of that goes on in CA. Oracle has been bleeding them for years and some Obama cronies cleaned up with Solyndra in addition to the train to nowhere.

 

[Foxfyre]

Newsom hasn't even acquired all of the rights of way for the high speed rail project (as of Sept. 2024)

https://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/article293148069.html

It was mismanaged from the get go. But then Newsom is known for mismanaging big projects.

It has taken six months--SIX MONTHS--to clear the debris from the Palisades and Malibu fires and that is not yet complete, people are still fighting insurance battles and are having trouble getting permits to rebuild, and the boondoggles just keep on coming. But Newsom had no problem making sure undocumented migrants in California have been adequately funded with a purported roughly $20 billion for Medicaid, housing, services for children etc. etc. spent so far. No issues or delays in getting that done it seems.

For sure Californians should be outraged at the mismanagement and screwed up priorities. But they'll probably re-elect Newsom by a comfortable margin, Common sense doesn't seem to be a strong suit of woke leftists.

 

[Independent thinker]

Newsom has had 16 years to build a bullet train, has spent billions, and not a single piece of track has yet been laid.

Without any heavy equipment or other modern inventions, Americans laid over 1,700 miles of the transcontinental railroad and had it operational in six years in the mid 19th Century.

So Newsom's lawsuit against Trump for canceling federal funding for the railroad is a bit silly especially when it is based on Trump playing petty politics and vindictiveness which is absurd on the face of it.

The original plan was for 800 miles of a high speed train. That has been reduced to 171 miles and only 57 miles of work preparing the ground to lay track has been done with massive cost overruns. How much money does Newsom expect us to throw after bad?

The amount currently scheduled that is now pulled is $4 billion. As long as the GOP is in the White House there won't be any more wasted on that mismanaged project.

Why doesn't Newsom just use some of the mega billions he is spending on illegal migrants to pay for his train?

Trump admin pulls plug on $4B for California's 'train to nowhere' project

U.S. Transportation Department cancels $4 billion for California's high-speed rail after review found zero miles of track laid in 10 years and ballooning costs.

www.foxbusiness.com

But, if you had just given them 16 more years they might maybe have possibly finished it, perhaps.

 

[Missouri_Mike]

Newsom has had 16 years to build a bullet train, has spent billions, and not a single piece of track has yet been laid.

Without any heavy equipment or other modern inventions, Americans laid over 1,700 miles of the transcontinental railroad and had it operational in six years in the mid 19th Century.

So Newsom's lawsuit against Trump for canceling federal funding for the railroad is a bit silly especially when it is based on Trump playing petty politics and vindictiveness which is absurd on the face of it.

The original plan was for 800 miles of a high speed train. That has been reduced to 171 miles and only 57 miles of work preparing the ground to lay track has been done with massive cost overruns. How much money does Newsom expect us to throw after bad?

The amount currently scheduled that is now pulled is $4 billion. As long as the GOP is in the White House there won't be any more wasted on that mismanaged project.

Why doesn't Newsom just use some of the mega billions he is spending on illegal migrants to pay for his train?

Trump admin pulls plug on $4B for California's 'train to nowhere' project

U.S. Transportation Department cancels $4 billion for California's high-speed rail after review found zero miles of track laid in 10 years and ballooning costs.

www.foxbusiness.com

Perfect, during this case let’s have new scum account for where the money has gone so far.

 

[Foxfyre]

But, if you had just given them 16 more years they might maybe have possibly finished it, perhaps.

At the rate the cost overruns have been escalating, we probably could have built bullet trains all over the country for the money and time California would spend on their train.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

At the rate the cost overruns have been escalating, we probably could have built bullet trains all over the country for the money and time California would spend on their train.

There was never meant to a train

Back in the 1800s a railroad was built to cross the nation. California can't manage a few hundred miles

 

[The Duke]

Newsom has had 16 years to build a bullet train, has spent billions, and not a single piece of track has yet been laid.

Without any heavy equipment or other modern inventions, Americans laid over 1,700 miles of the transcontinental railroad and had it operational in six years in the mid 19th Century.

So Newsom's lawsuit against Trump for canceling federal funding for the railroad is a bit silly especially when it is based on Trump playing petty politics and vindictiveness which is absurd on the face of it.

The original plan was for 800 miles of a high speed train. That has been reduced to 171 miles and only 57 miles of work preparing the ground to lay track has been done with massive cost overruns. How much money does Newsom expect us to throw after bad?

The amount currently scheduled that is now pulled is $4 billion. As long as the GOP is in the White House there won't be any more wasted on that mismanaged project.

Why doesn't Newsom just use some of the mega billions he is spending on illegal migrants to pay for his train?

Trump admin pulls plug on $4B for California's 'train to nowhere' project

U.S. Transportation Department cancels $4 billion for California's high-speed rail after review found zero miles of track laid in 10 years and ballooning costs.

www.foxbusiness.com

Good Luck with that, Hollywood.

 

[Foxfyre]

Perfect, during this case let’s have new scum account for where the money has gone so far.

Accountability and results seem to be against the religion of woke leftists.

 

[Concerned American]

But they'll probably re-elect Newsom

CA has gubernatorial term limits of two four year terms in a lifetime. Newsom is currently in his second term so he is either a POTUS candidate or retired after this term.

 

[The Duke]

There was never meant to a train

It was all Cloward-Piven just moneywaste.
Cash4Clunkers was even worse because it took the bulk of affordable cars off the roads
and all the service industries associated with them, too.
People say Obama was dumb. He wasn't dumb, he actively tried to scuttle the US from within.
And The Train to Nowhere is a part of that.

 

[RhodyPatriot]

Pelosi sure did.

Her stock pick prowess is incredible.

 

[RhodyPatriot]

That and insider trading

Beat me to it.

 

[Concerned American]

It was mismanaged from the get go. But then Newsom is known for mismanaging big projects.

It has taken six months--SIX MONTHS--to clear the debris from the Palisades and Malibu fires and that is not yet complete, people are still fighting insurance battles and are having trouble getting permits to rebuild, and the boondoggles just keep on coming. But Newsom had no problem making sure undocumented migrants in California have been adequately funded with an purported roughly $20 billion for Medicaid, housing, services for children etc. etc. spent so far. No issues or delays in getting that done it seems.

For sure Californians should be outraged at the mismanagement and screwed up priorities. But they'll probably re-elect Newsom by a comfortable margin, Common sense doesn't seem to be a strong suit of woke leftists.

It's a democrat state problem. WA approved the "North Spokane Corridor" in 2009. It is a 10.5 mile stretch of freeway of which about 7 is operational. It is scheduled to be completed by 2030. Twenty-one years to finish 10 miles of freeway--Half a mile per year is ridiculous. As I recall MA had a tunnel in Boston that was similar.