High speed rail is a perfect case for NOT just cutting everybody a $14,705 check: I can't buy high speed rail with my $14,705! So giving everybody individual checks doesn't get us high speed rail. All it gets us is more cars on the overcrowded roads.
Building a public infrastructure project like a high speed rail system is something only government can do. If you leave it to market forces alone, it will never get done.
Unless the "bailout" and "stimulus" packages are really the Desperate Emergency High Speed Rail Bill, screw high speed rail. Trust the people.:-)
Yours,
Issodhos
