Oct
4
Plan to Expand Rail Service Imperiled at State Level
Republicans running for governor in various states are opposed to Federal spending for high-speed rail (or any rail service, for that matter). They’re not opposed to the money, mind you, just the trains:
Several candidates said they wanted to spend the stimulus rail money on roads and bridges
On the bright side, there are some on the right who understand that this is a growth issue, and that subsidies are subsidies:
‘Any notion that somehow rail is subsidized, and other modes of transportation aren’t, is simply not factual,’ said [Mississippi Republican John Robert] Smith… who noted that highways and airports were subsidized as well.
