Gov. Walker costs Wisconsin millions

[wiphan]

Originally Posted by Riot

http://www.fra.dot.gov/rpd/passenger/2243.shtml

Of course, you'll have to click on through and read the in-depth projections and financial pages of course.

But you have already made up your mind. Your governor agrees. Other governors and states disagree.

So you just need to stand by for 10 years or so, at the ready to hop in and say, "I told you so!" if the project fails



LOL - that's about as logical an argument as saying that because the Edsel failed as a car, the current model that Ford is working on for 2013 won't make a profit, either.

Your right I am wrong. High speed rail is the future. Who wouldn't be willing to dish out $50+ dollars to go from Milwaukee to Madison and then have to find a cab or bus line or other transportation once I get there. Never mind the fact that it wouldn't stop at Miller Park, State Fair Park or any reasonable destination.

[Riot]

Originally Posted by wiphan

Your right I am wrong. High speed rail is the future. Who wouldn't be willing to dish out $50+ dollars to go from Milwaukee to Madison and then have to find a cab or bus line or other transportation once I get there. Never mind the fact that it wouldn't stop at Miller Park, State Fair Park or any reasonable destination.

Geeshus cripes. Grow the eff up and stop with the passive aggressive whiner crap. We are talking about a concrete project. Some say it will never pay or be worthwhile (you, Walker). Some say it will (me, other states).

People make an objective assessment based upon available data and go forward from that, and the project goes forward.

Sorry, no matter how much you want it to be true, you can't declare it a success or a failure until the damn thing at least exists. Sorry, concrete projects are not subject to the whims of your political beliefs, no matter how determined you are to assess it within those parameters rather than via objective date.

Yeah - we'll know the final outcome in 10 years or so, after it actually exists, and is up and running for a while.

Geeshus cripes, is thinking really too ****ing hard nowadays?

[dellinger63]

Originally Posted by Riot

Geeshus cripes. Grow the eff up and stop with the passive aggressive whiner crap. We are talking about a concrete project. Some say it will never pay or be worthwhile (you, Walker). Some say it will (me, other states).

Like a mother who wants her ugly daughter to enter a beauty contest when the daughter is yelling NO!

Some, actually most in WI say you and other States (especially IL) are idiots!

You really don't get it!

[Riot]

Originally Posted by dellinger63

Like a mother who wants her ugly daughter to enter a beauty contest when the daughter is yelling NO!

Some, actually most in WI say you and other States (especially IL) are idiots!

You really don't get it!

So why are you so freaked out about what happens in other states?

You're not getting the high speed rail. Whew! You are saved! You are not getting the huge federal grant that went with it, that pays for millions and millions of repair and upgrade to what you already have. Your Governor tried to get those federal funds back, and failed. Now he's gotta borrow millions and millions of dollars, at higher interest than the federal funds, at more expense to the taxpayers, putting his "balanced budget" millions in the red, (oh, yeah, and 47% over budget now) and you have to pay for it personally. And all you have in the end is the antiquated rail you have now

Yay! Enjoy being so smart! Be sure to laugh at the other states in 10 years, suffering through their economic development corridor growth and their high speed rail transit hookups to other business centers. Fools!

Conservative: not willing to move forward, adverse to change, cautious about innovation

[dellinger63]

Originally Posted by Riot

So why are you so freaked out about what happens in other states?

LOL You are crazy, I'm not. Unless I'm expected to pay for what happens in other states.

Why are you so freaked out about all that is Wisconsin, specifically why are you so freaked out about WI NOT accepting fed money?

If you ever become the majority we're doomed!

[Riot]

Originally Posted by dellinger63

LOL You are crazy, I'm not. Unless I'm expected to pay for what happens in other states.

Naw, I'm just messing with you, because it's so easy to take advantage of your lack of self-awareness. You'll only have to pay for your Governor's own $24 million over budget. Relax.

Why are you so freaked out about all that is Wisconsin, specifically why are you so freaked out about WI NOT accepting fed money?

Because I hate to see Walker destroy a state I love, and put it years behind the adjoining states.

If you ever become the majority we're doomed!

Excuse me? "We" (although not sure what you mean by that, it could be Muslims) are the majority right now.

BTW: How do you like what your state legislature snuck through buried deep in the Budget Bill, a constitutional change to the State Supreme Court?

A State Constitutional change. To the Supreme Court. Completey undiscussed in public. Not even mentioned. Buried in a budget bill.

Oh, yeah, Wisconsin's current Gov and legislature are really winners.

[dellinger63]

Originally Posted by Riot

Because I hate to see Walker destroy a state I love, and put it years behind the adjoining states..

well then don't let this out (to the adjoining States)

Gov. Scott Walker has called a news conference to discuss Wisconsin's job-growth numbers, minutes after the state's latest unemployment report is due for release.

Unemployment numbers are usually released without fanfare. The fact that Walker is holding a news conference Thursday might suggest a favorable report this month.

Wisconsin's unemployment rate has hovered around 7.4 percent for the first five months of the year. That's typically been about 1.5 percentage points better than the national average.

The state's jobless rate has improved from last year, when unemployment ranged from 7.5 percent to 9.2 percent.

Walker's news conference comes on the same day that the U.S. Labor Department released disappointing news about the economy. Applications for unemployment benefits were up last week, evidence of rising layoffs and a weak job market.

http://gazettextra.com/weblogs/lates...yment-numbers/

Again, the Pres could learn from spending some time here. Only he'd have to shut up, look and listen, like a hunter or fisherman. No wonder WI is ahead of the curve.

[wiphan]

Originally Posted by Riot

Because I hate to see Walker destroy a state I love, and put it years behind the adjoining states.
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By other states I guess you mean IL.