Fresh Reminder That Milwaukee-Built Amtrak Trains Are Gathering Dust Here
What a waste of money, labor, new jobs and opportunity, as Walker's GOP-led legislature broke a contract with train maker Talgo and the issue is side-tracked in court.
Of course, the Milwaukee-built trains are a hit in Oregon...
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6 comments:
Why is it that government created jobs are needed in Milwaukee?
Would you ask the same question about the billions of dollars spent annually in Wisconsin on 100%-publicly-funded, government-ordered road-building jobs?
I believe those jobs were created by Talgo.
I believe those tracks that Talgo needs to run on those government paid for and forever subsidized trains are paid for by the same government.
To James; perhaps if the ridership for the trains createsd a funding mechanism that was anywhere near the unfunded liability created after the billions of state and federal taxes spent, maybe we'd be having a different discussion.
Let the other communities do the heavy lifting first.
Personally, I can't envision that this winters weather would have had me interested in being dumped off somewhere to wait for a bus in the cold to get where I needed to go - if I could get there.
"perhaps if the ridership for the trains createsd a funding mechanism that was anywhere near the unfunded liability created after the billions of state and federal taxes spent, maybe we'd be having a different discussion. " Funny how we never hear this argument about roads, which despite often being called "freeways" are not free and are in fact massively subsidized.
I believe those tracks that Talgo needs to run on those government paid for and forever subsidized trains are paid for by the same government.
Unlike roads and bridges.
What a stupid argument.
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