We don't need ANYTHING from government except the military, courts, police and border control, period.
Anyone like you that is for government building this train is a socialist/Marxist/liberal. Read up on it on the Internet.
Socialism(government ownership) doesn't work.
The biggest problem the U.S. has is that government is too big and is getting bigger and more powerful.
One of the main reasons government grows is that the liberal media gets some people to say “why we ought to do this” or “we ought to do that” . who is “we”.”we” is the government as things cannot be done “communally”. See the word communism in communally and commune? When “we” do something what is empowered is the government; While individuals and private businesses lose more freedom and money(taxes).
No matter how good the liberal media makes something sound the only thing it will do is empower government which is the liberal media's goal. Take the "going to the moon" thing. NASA is now doing global warming studies and Muslim outreach but a lot of people thought that it would be a good idea to create this massive government agency.
Why isn't any government manufacturing a product like a car, or notebook computer or cell phone or even cereal? It's because for 5 trillion per year government can't even compete with small private companies(capitalism). 5 trillion is the federal budget and state and local budgets.
The liberal media and government bribe us with our own money.So the government is exploding because everyone has their own pet project and because of government tyranny. The damage done to freedom and prosperity by creating one government agency, or by one law is immeasurable as evidenced by the democrats'/socialists' government healthcare law.
Government agencies and many of their supporting laws must be abolished: To create even one more like this train thing is UTTER INSANITY. If the U.S. does not start abolishing government agencies and reducing government spending at all level then we will all be on the road to socialism which will mean hellish 4th world living standards, starvation, oppression etc.
Only individuals or private business can do anything and should do what they want to for the most part with only a few laws that are common sens. That is called a free market, capitalism, or freedom. Anything else is socialism or creeping socialism as we have now.
You are advocating a big government project.
Yes, just like the Interstate Highway system was a big government project.
Global Oil supplies are dwindling and we need to develop more fuel efficient modes of transportation that are less dependent on Oil.