Re: Dan Walters: Brown has a way out of HSR mess
Author: Will
Date: 08-06-2011 - 18:50
Dick Friedman Wrote:
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> Why spend billions you don't have (and the
> politicians would rather spend on "splendid little
> wars") when the existing system can be augmented
> for less than the interest on HSR bonds.
Because there is no political gain from supporting the existing. Politics is all about supporting the flashy "new".