RSSA High Speed Rail Stimulus?
Mar 15 10
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The Sunday Northwest Indiana Times had an interesting commentary by Morton Marcus in the business section: EYE ON THE PIE: It’s not too late for a high-speed stimulus. It’s about high speed rail (HSR) and about how a real 220 mph high speed rail network on it’s own dedicated right of way, say across the country, would create more good jobs.
Marcus’ commentary is worth reading and makes sense. If the government is going to spend money I prefer they spend it on big projects with a plan. Like the Interstate highway system. And that is what a HSR network would be, a project a new Interstate system for a new century.
Such a project would end up being public private partnership. It would involve both construction plus production jobs plus all the attendant spinoff jobs. Private sector jobs. Yes, Martha, it would be long term. We tried the quick fix approach of patching our neglected infrastructure. Let’s build something permanent that we can point to with pride. Read the whole thing.
What do you think?
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