On: U.S. cancels $929M in California high speed rail funds after appeal rejected

[LanceH]

It was well pointed out before it started that it would cost multiple times the estimates the state was claiming. It should never had made it this far.

[xienze → LanceH]

>It was well pointed out before it started that it would cost multiple times the estimates the state was claiming.

It followed the trajectory of basically every progressive pet project:

“We need to do X! It’ll only cost $Y!”

>Yeah right, it’s gonna cost 10 times that and be 20 years late.

“Typical Republican fear mongering! Ignore them!”

Years later on HN:

“It was obvious from the beginning that project X could never be done for $Y. How come no one realized that at the time?”