$125 Billion Ghost Train and We're Paying For It!
California’s high‑speed rail was sold as a sleek LA‑to‑SF miracle. Instead, it’s become the ultimate symbol of Sacramento’s dysfunction. It's years behind schedule, billions over budget, and still no train in sight.
While Californians face crushing taxes, homelessness, budget chaos, and an exodus of families and businesses, Gavin Newsom keeps insisting this ghost train proves we’re a “model for the nation.” If this is the model, no one should copy it.
Last night 60 Minutes (huh?) finally showed the country what we’ve known all along. This project is a disaster. Approved in 2008 with an estimated cost of 33 billion, now projected at $125 billion, and still waiting for the first real stretch of track.
Why?
Endless environmental reviews and lawsuits. Land seized before engineering was even finished. Contractors paid for incomplete work. Political meddling and shifting goals. Billions burned on consultants and bureaucracy. I can't wait til someone audits this to trace the connections to business associates and political donors etc.
The original LA‑SF promise quietly morphed into a short Central Valley segment that still isn’t done. Voters were sold a world‑class rail system. They got a bait‑and‑switch.
Meanwhile, the state can’t fix the problems people actually face like affordability, safety, education, water, energy, fires! But it can pour billions into a train that doesn’t exist and brag about it like it's some major accomplishment. Stop the gaslighting, please!
California deserves better than a ghost train and a government that refuses to prioritize real life over political fantasy. It’s time to vote these guys out and elect common‑sense leaders who actually put people first.
