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Originally Posted by emathias
It's not about money, it's about political will and political priorities.
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Except there WAS a political will to build HSR in California and that will was broken because of money. If CAHSR has done what it said it was going to do the IOS would already be complete and support for the project would be sky high. Indeed delegations from other states would probably be touring California to see it and to try and set up HSR in their own states. Only the most tight-pursed fiscal conservatives would still be opposed. But instead of that possible future we got a decade of delays and cost overruns and so it's no wonder this is the eventual outcome. CAHSR shot itself in the foot, you can't blame the federal government or the opposing political party for this one.