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Added: February 04, 2010. 10:26 AM CDT
It's about time
I'd have to agree with the critics of the rail program, if I also believed that gas and oil prices will never go up again. Of course, since I do not believe in the tooth fairy or the Easter Bunny, I also do not believe that our gas prices will remain low.
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Added: February 03, 2010. 03:06 PM CDT
Boondoggle
I am a huge fan of trains but this plan is a boondoggle. Upgrading the speed on the Milwaukee to Chicago route makes sense but the Madison route won't have the ridership to support it. The Minneapolis leg is political fantasy that will only cost the taxpayers huge bucks before it is mothballed.

Doyle and Obama will go down in history as the worst examples of incompetent leaders ever foisted upon Wisconsin and the nation.
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Added: February 01, 2010. 08:02 PM CDT
a good article
"The Runaway Subsidy Train" by Wendell Cox in the 2/1/10 Wall Street Journal.
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Added: January 28, 2010. 10:54 PM CDT
white elephant
I rode the Spanish train on the same route that Doyle did. WI application is nothing like it and WI's will be a failure with long term operating costs paid by WI taxpayers. Notice no rider estimates, no operating cost estimates, etc. If this were a private sector decision, it would be a no go. Northern WI citizens will pay for a failed line between Milwaukee and Madison. With all the proposed stops, this will not be a fast train - will be able to drive car easier and faster than take the train. A very expensive white elephant!
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