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Podcast: TIMpactful Topics with Tim Messer
Episode: Ep 197 | The Bullet Train That Never Left the Station | My Idea: The Bullet Train to Blackjack (With a Stop in Fresno)
Description: In this episode, we take a ride on California's so-called "bullet train" - a project that promised San Francisco to Los Angeles in under three hours, for $33 billion, by 2020. Instead, taxpayers got a half-built stretch in the Central Valley, billions in overruns, and a new completion date that keeps moving further into the future. From cost explosions to political grandstanding, this episode breaks down how California's High-Speed Rail became the ultimate example of government waste - expensive, late, and nowhere close to where it promised to be. I also share a much better idea: A...