The story itself is no surprise. A government project in California turning into a financial boondoggle?? How on EARTH could this have happened to such a fiscally responsible and progressive-minded state?
Yeah, I’m laughing at that last line, too.
There are actually two things of interest in noting the continued failure of the construction of high-speed rail in California. First, that “60 Minutes” covered it, and directly pointed the finger at California government officials for this absolute screw-up of a project.
I guess this is the Bari Weiss effect at work, because even the mention that President Trump cut $4 billion in federal grants to this project barely raises an eyebrow when reporter Jon Wertheim confronts the current state secretary of transportation, Toks Omishakin, about the $126 BILLION that he would like to see committed to this project, but that it still would leave them with a shortfall of $90 BILLION. What are the odds that a “60 Minutes” report about this project before Weiss became editor-in-chief would have emphasized the $4 billion denied over the $126 billion projected cost with a still-huge funding gap?
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