Florida Governor sued over refusing high-speed rail

Clip-Clop · #1 03-03-2011, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Antitrust32

what I dont understand, if it such a good thing to do and invest the taxpayers money into... then why doesnt a private corporation want to build these high speed rail lines?

Think of it like stem cells, if there were money/real results in it big pharma would be all over it. Just like most government ideas forced down the throats of people it is a money pit. Our country is too big for this to grow legs and really work.

Antitrust32 · #2 03-03-2011, 11:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Clip-Clop

Think of it like stem cells, if there were money/real results in it big pharma would be all over it. Just like most government ideas forced down the throats of people it is a money pit. Our country is too big for this to grow legs and really work.

except stem cell research is EXTREMELY important. a railroad not so much, we already have ways of transportation.

I work in the horse business.. and its incredible how much stem cells have done for certain industries.. that is not a waste of money, and GW Bush was an idiot for cutting funding for stem cells.

Clip-Clop · #3 03-03-2011, 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Antitrust32

except stem cell research is EXTREMELY important. a railroad not so much, we already have ways of transportation.

I work in the horse business.. and its incredible how much stem cells have done for certain industries.. that is not a waste of money, and GW Bush was an idiot for cutting funding for stem cells.

While important, there is nothing stopping Merck, Novartis or Pfizer from exploring this option with their own funding and they choose not to despite the enormous potential it might have, this is based on projections.