Yea!

I was at a BO rally and he mentioned the idea of creating a national highspeed rail system. That would be a great New Deal job creation scheme if this economy gets any worse.

That would be a great New Deal job creation scheme if this economy gets any worse.

Except that most of the labor would more than likely be performed by illegal aliens.

I see 1A going down to defeat. Badly.

I would much rather be in an airplane doing 230 MPH than on a friggin train. Of course, as a pilot, that would be the case, but the fact is you are far safer on the airplane. High speed rail is just "plane" stupid. I would rather spend that money to subsidize regional airline service to local airports and make intrastate travel cheaper and more available.

If our Government is hell bent on it, they'll get it done even if they have to have foreign investors finance it. Then we will make another foreign country even richer, by them charging us through the nose to travel. If anyone feels the need to buy into stock, you might give some thought to vaseline.

I chimed in on this before and have the same comments.  You won't be able to go to San Francisco on Amtrak.  You won't be able to go to any towns off the line without alternative transportation and that eliminates a lot of cities.

I talked to RR son and he said he thnks it's a great idea and would love to see it but doesn't think it will happen any time soon especially in this economy.

I'd love to see high speed rail cover the length of the state. The benefits would be enormous and I think it would pay for itself alot faster than some critics think. It is a project that has been delayed for too long.

I am voting no on this proposal. The state is already saddled with huge debts. We as a state can ill afford to pay for another "convenience" like this one. 33 Billion Dollars and the state legislature can't agree to reduce spending to pay down on an already huge debt of over 30 billion dollars. Quite frankly, if the debt is $2 or $10 Billion the debts should be paid and the savings accounts padded before undertaking any kind of massive project. The state is clearly in love with spending money. I am of the mind that we should not spend more than we have to spend. Floating bonds to pay for projects is simply a message to the states citizens that hey, this is a neat project we need it but we can't afford it. Our state debt now has grown by 150% over the last four years. I don't think that the people of California realize what a laughing stock we are. The rest of the country see's us a joke and rightfully so. Our governor actually asked Wall St. for a bail out. That takes a lot of nerve considering this rail line proposal. Saddle the tax payers with 33 Billion is debt and then ask for money from the Fed. Unbelievable! The state must cut funding to state workers across the board. Teachers, civil servants, boondoggle projects etc. Balance the budget, pay down the debt, raise the states capital funding and then and only then start the project but not with higher taxes and not with bond issuances. Enough is enough. We as citizens are being ripped off left and right, pun intended and I for one am sick of having my very hard earned money squandered by politicians.