Just say no to an Indy light rail boondoggle
Various hacks, uh, I mean dedicated political and civic leaders have conjured up a big fat new boondoggle to build a light rail system between Indianapolis and the northern suburbs. This nonsense has the backing of the Indianapolis Regional Transportation Council and various mayors and city councilmen.
They're supposedly looking at spending $850 million to build something that might reduce traffic congestion on I-69 by maybe as much as 2%. That 2% is probably optimistic, and of course to get to the real price your best guess would be to drop another zero in there.
Naturally, when they come up a plan, they will be asking for federal money.
This is where I come in as a federal candidate. Let me say right now for the record that Senator Barger will absolutely oppose even one nickel of federal funding for this foolishness. We don't need our own Big Dig, like the infamous still not completed Boston project.
This kind of thing is exactly what is meant by corporate welfare. It would be great for the contractors, the bankers, the property speculators, etc. It would not do SQUAT for the taxpayers, except probably cause a lot of disruption with eminent domain and such, and of course empty their wallets.
They're supposedly looking at spending $850 million to build something that might reduce traffic congestion on I-69 by maybe as much as 2%. That 2% is probably optimistic, and of course to get to the real price your best guess would be to drop another zero in there.
Naturally, when they come up a plan, they will be asking for federal money.
This is where I come in as a federal candidate. Let me say right now for the record that Senator Barger will absolutely oppose even one nickel of federal funding for this foolishness. We don't need our own Big Dig, like the infamous still not completed Boston project.
This kind of thing is exactly what is meant by corporate welfare. It would be great for the contractors, the bankers, the property speculators, etc. It would not do SQUAT for the taxpayers, except probably cause a lot of disruption with eminent domain and such, and of course empty their wallets.
posted by Al | 4:10 AM
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