[logician2u]

But if America wants true high-speed rail . .

America doesn't want true high-speed rail.

Nations are collective bodies devoid of feelings or emotions such as wants, hopes and sorrows.

It may be true that a sizable number of Americans want "true high-speed rail" for whatever personal reasons, mostly I believe disconnected from economic reality.

But then I'm still wishing for teleportation as in Star Trek. Wanting and wishing will not make it so.

Neither will giving politicians control of billions of California taxpayers' dollars and hoping they will behave themselves, just this once.

The recent vote in the legislature demonstrates that this isn't going to happen.

[mountainlion]

China's new high speed rail scheme has already collapsed because people did not want to pay the high price to save a little time. 47% of California is illegal so will they make or break the system?

[aumrl]

this is so true.
don’t want and can’t afford.
maybe willie shud poll Freepers - once and for all, on public transportation of the rail variety