The article critiques the continuation of high-speed rail in California, arguing that past expenditures are sunk costs and that further investments would be wasteful. Instead, it suggests halting the project to prevent more taxpayer losses. It highlights California's economic inequality, where high corporate profits coexist with millions in poverty, exacerbated by housing costs and insufficient wages. The author believes that these disparities are a result of policy choices rather than random chance. The discussion also touches on government spending priorities, questioning the rationale behind funding a military parade amidst budget cuts.
The question is whether we should continue to dump tens of billions of taxpayer earnings into a project that will be decades, if ever, in completion.
Prosperity here is a mirage for many. Servers earn $20 an hour - barely subsistence wages - while even a $40 an hour physical therapy assistant can only afford rent.
California's inequality isn't an accident; it's policy. Add Trump-era policies that eroded worker protections, and the result is a system designed to keep the poor trapped.
Spending substantial taxpayer money on an unneeded military parade is, at best, foolhardy.
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