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Originally Posted by Riot
Oh, well, if you won't personally use the Milwaukee to Madison link, and you already know the prices of the tickets, and you already know how fast the train will travel and how long the trip will take before it's even built, then that's perfect justification for turning down the entire Minneapolis to Chicago line, and the development corridors in the northern part of your state, for everyone else.
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You can get on a plane for less from Milwaukee to Minneappolis than the rail would have cost, plus this is not about Chicago to Minneappolis, this was Milwaukee to Madison. If the fed was going to pay for the costs of Milwaukee to Madison, what happens in a few years from now when they want to expand to minneappolis. The fed says to the state well we gave you the Money for the original Milwaukee to Madison route, now you have to pay for the Madison to Minneappolis route. It is called unintended consequences of taking the feds money. If you have followed the banking industry in the last few years you would understand this.