Republicans should stop lying about “Vegas-Disneyland” high speed train
February 17th, 2009 at 10:04am Chuck Sweeny
House and Senate Republicans need to stop lying about the high speed rail funding in Obama’s stimulus bill. They’ve been on radio and TV talking about “Harry Reid’s $8 billion train from Disneyland to Las Vegas.”
They refer to the $8 billion in the stimulus bill that’s slated for high speed rail and intercity passenger rail projects — throughout the country.
There’s nothing specific about the Ahaheim to Vegas route, which has been in the planning stages, reports TRAINS magazine.
There are also high speed rail corridors extending out of Chicago, to St. Louis, the Twin Cities, Cincnnatti, Detroit, and Californians passed a measure in November to develop the California High Speed rail route between San Francisco and L.A./San Diego.
Passenger rail got a boost from the stimulus plan, TRAINS says, because President Obama personally pushed for it. So, altogether there is $9.3 billion for passenger rail in the stimulus plan.
I’m wondering, will U.S. Rep. Don Manzullo, R-Egan, who generally supports passenger rail, join me in repudiating his colleagues who are lying about high speed rail in the stimulus plan?
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1. Tom | February 19th, 2009 at 9:14 pm
Well, call it a lie, but if this money CAN BE USED for DisneyLand, then its a shame. Like so much of this 1000 page bill, we just don’t know where the money will end up, and if it winds up in Disneyland, I won’t be surprised.
This bill is full of crap. Including millions in free contraceptives. That’s not an economic stimulus, thats a bunch of bull.
And it came out of my check.
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