tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5108463567672522750.post5772449100465839907..comments2024-03-25T13:19:19.072-05:00Comments on Diogenes' Middle Finger: Reported Outbreak of Journalism at CNNDiogenes Sarcastica™ http://www.blogger.com/profile/06701909436152548138noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5108463567672522750.post-32521944891099474722013-03-28T14:17:23.235-05:002013-03-28T14:17:23.235-05:00California's high speed rail boondoggle makes ...California's high speed rail boondoggle makes the fed project look like small potatoes. The current estimated cost for California taxpayers is now up to $68 BILLION dollars! The first segment of the project begins nowhere and ends nowhere. Governor Moonbeam Brown is on the senility train to nowhere with his insistence that California needs a high speed rail system between LA and the Bay Area. Every independent analysis has indicated that this project will be an abject financial failure, but Brown's addled Alzheimer's brain says otherwise. <br /><br />The numbers don't lie, but every liberal progressive in California does. Every state wide office is held by a Democrat. Both houses of the state legislature have Democrat super majorities that can even override a veto by Moonbeam Brown.<br /><br />Brown's latest budget is just another financial juggling act without any real foundation. Taxes have been raised on individuals and businesses, which makes California the highest taxed state in the union. All of this when California has one of the highest unemployment rates. The actual unemployment rate in California is over 15%. California is experiencing a net loss in residents and businesses leaving the state.<br /><br />As state expenditures increase, state revenues drop or remain flat. There is no way that California can afford a high speed rail system now or in the future. The money is simply not there.Robert Janickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16991356257139797619noreply@blogger.com