TRAINS I like Trains of all kinds. I particularly enjoy the TGV in France. To create jobs the French built an extensive public transport infrastructure. The US Federal government is offering the states $50 billion for high speed rail projects. Beware, public mass transit is a Trojan Horse. While it would be great to have better trains there are two problems. Any body that has spent time in France is aware of the power of the unions wield outside of the ballot box by virtue of their ability to paralyze the transportation infrastructure. The other problem is that public transport loses money. Imagine how much more tax payer money Amtrak can lose with $50 Billion more stuff to operate.
