California: Hey, why aren’t we using cap-and-trade taxes to finance this high-speed rail boondoggle?

California: Hey, why aren’t we using cap-and-trade taxes to finance this high-speed rail boondoggle? “They have been cut off by the federal government…they have raised no money from private investors, and no local government has even put up a dime.” Maybe if the train is forced to pay cap-and-trade taxes, it can be self-financing.

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  • "Toyota to move N. American headquarters (and over 5,000 jobs) from California to Texas"

    Occidental Petroleum Corp. said in February that it was relocating from Los Angeles to Houston, making it one of around 60 companies that have moved to Texas since July 2012
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      • Hahaha! If they are raaacist, they won't last a minute in Houston! They put a Tundra! Plant here a few years ago. Increased growth and development in the area, treat the employees well and we like them just go mmHg e. Oh, ans there are NO unions there. This . Is a to uhh artwork state and union dues are staying in the employees pockets, to use for their families!

        • One of Brown's lackeys was on the radio the other day, said it wasn't the bad business climate that chased Toyota out. They were just consolidating their facilities. One has to wonder why they didn't consolidate their Texas facility into California. But there wasn't any real journalists there to ask the question.

          • Their manufacturing facilities are mostly in Kentucky. That's 5000 jobs that Plano will be happy to accommodate.

  • It's all about the money to cronies. Here in San Antonio, officially don't ave party affiliation in city government.. But our Mayor is Julian Castro. Yes, thankFul I an. The Keynote speaker for the Democratic Convention. H e just BN pushed through a taxpayer funded preschool,and . Now theyvarecdriven to put a rail streetcar in downtown. Now you can pretty comfortably walk from one side . Of downtown to the I her. We have busses, and streetcars t hatbcirculateva r OUND downtown everyone20 min or so. But no, they want b to spend 32 million dollars On this boondoggle. Cause, you know, we have money to burn!

  • This is just Jerry Brown trying to leave a legacy.....no one wants or needs the train...I mean the first section goes from Bakersfield to Madera or some shit....Like anyone would want to go fast to get from either shithole to the other...Jerry just realizes his daddy left a legacy, so now he has to...But Jerry we already have a large number of libtard programs and overly restrictive laws to remember you and the demotards by..that should be your legacy..in fact you should have quit the first time.....

    • Well, to be honest, if I was in Madera, I'd want to hotfoot it to Bakersfield real quick. I like Basque restaurants.

  • Crappy ass son-of-a-bitches.......they know if they can get the program started then the fools of the land will be forced to finance the shitty short falls of the 'already known' lack of financial support.

    Screw the bastards.....make them eat shit.

    Oh, btw, show me one source of public transportation that is self-sufficient. If there is one out there I'm not aware of it.

      • This choo-choo will never be completed. It will be huge drain of taxpayer money into a few well connected democrats and unions. The only other people to make money will be the recycler thieves as they loot the few abandoned stations and the tens of miles of infrastructure eventually put up.

        As to Amtrak. They serve a $16 hamburger (no side) and still lose $8 on each one. That is how government unions run things.

          • This time it is going to work!! We have nothing but the very best and brightest in the Obama regime. Look how well their websites turned out and in just a little more than WWII.

        • I can't understand how it costs $24 to make a hamburger, unless it's made with Lobster, Truffles, and gold!

          • Public union made, overseen by government bureaucrats accountable to no one. The least intelligent overseeing the stupid and lazy.

            Main point is that even at 4 times the price of a private sector burger, the taxpayer kicks in 2 times the cost of a private sector burger.

  • Quote: Maybe if the train is forced to pay cap-and-trade taxes, it can be self-financing.

    The Democrats dream! Perpetual money!

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