“Spend first, answer questions later.” So concludes a critical editorial in the January 12 edition of the Washington Post, commenting on California’s proposed $43 billion High-Speed Rail program. The Post editorial, along with a January 11 article in the New York Times (both of which we reprint below), are emblematic of the increasingly skeptical press and public opinion concerning the fiscal and economic soundness of the Obama Administration’s high-speed rail initiative.
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Skepticism About High-Speed Rail Is Growing
Thursday, January 13th, 2011Bob Herbert’s Infra Columns
Monday, February 22nd, 2010We call your attention to two recent columns by Bob Herbert in the New York Times:
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