From Day 1 this project was embarrassing joke, a guaranteed waste of billions. It was predicted to be a folly by any rational expert who saw the plans and knew the sordid history of public transit boondoggles across the USA: Whether they are expensive light-rail lines to airports or tunnels or bridges to nowhere, the USA's public transit projects are inherent frauds that are pushed by rent-seeking politicians and best friends in the construction industry. The 'transit experts' who 'plan' these frauds and make their big promises are, conveniently, virtually always 'wrong' about the final cost, the true completion date, the number of passengers they will actually carry and what effect they will have on reducing congestion on highways. In the Bullet Train's case, if this were a just world there would be a federal 'Truth Tribunal.' Every politicians who signed off on the project, everyone who got rich consulting on the project, every contractor that built a pathetic little piece of the project or everyone who wrote positive pieces about it in the media since 2008 should be charged with as many crimes as they deserve. All the money they were paid should be given back. And the national and state news media, which continue to report on this protracted series of farcical promises (lies) and failures with a straight face, should start digging deep into who has gotten rich. 'Follow the money' is supposed to be the mantra of good journalists. There are a hundred billion dollars to follow.
What a disaster.
Well written, keep following this story for us.
From Day 1 this project was embarrassing joke, a guaranteed waste of billions. It was predicted to be a folly by any rational expert who saw the plans and knew the sordid history of public transit boondoggles across the USA: Whether they are expensive light-rail lines to airports or tunnels or bridges to nowhere, the USA's public transit projects are inherent frauds that are pushed by rent-seeking politicians and best friends in the construction industry. The 'transit experts' who 'plan' these frauds and make their big promises are, conveniently, virtually always 'wrong' about the final cost, the true completion date, the number of passengers they will actually carry and what effect they will have on reducing congestion on highways. In the Bullet Train's case, if this were a just world there would be a federal 'Truth Tribunal.' Every politicians who signed off on the project, everyone who got rich consulting on the project, every contractor that built a pathetic little piece of the project or everyone who wrote positive pieces about it in the media since 2008 should be charged with as many crimes as they deserve. All the money they were paid should be given back. And the national and state news media, which continue to report on this protracted series of farcical promises (lies) and failures with a straight face, should start digging deep into who has gotten rich. 'Follow the money' is supposed to be the mantra of good journalists. There are a hundred billion dollars to follow.