It's hilarious that statist think something like this is a priority for a crumbling bankrupt state
-- I just took the excellent Chinatown bus roundtrip from DC to Philly and DC to Manhattan in the past year. DC to NYC is $35 roundtrip and takes no longer than Amtrak, the government train, which cost 3 times as much and derails and crashes several times a year.
There are also a variety of companies offering this service, some with wifi, TV, etc.
On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 9:51 AM, dick thompson <rhomp2002@earthlink.net> wrote:
Beldar said...
The linked NYT article asserts that the magic train has "the promise of creating tens — even hundreds — of thousands of jobs."
If so, then according to the latest statewide figures from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics, the train will provide California with more jobs than are currently available to everyone employed in California's "Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations" combined.
More than all of the "Truck Drivers, Light or Delivery Services," and more than all of the "Truck Drivers, Heavy and Tractor-Trailer" -- indeed, almost as many as both of those categories combined. ¡Este tren es muy potente y mágico!
It will create more jobs than all of California presently has "Customer Service Representatives," and more than all of its "Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks."
The magic train will create more than twice as many jobs as California currently has carpenters. In fact, on a permanent basis, it will provide almost one-third as many jobs as presently exist in the entire state's entire construction industry. We know this to be true, because we read it in the nation's Newspaper of Record.
The magic train will create seven new jobs for every lawyer who currently works in California, if we believe the NYT. And you can't swing a dead cat in California without hitting one lawyer (and another offering to defend you against his lawsuit).
What's California world-famous for? Hollywood. Well, this train will be so magic that it will create almost as many new jobs as are currently employed in all of California's "Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations" put together.
1/2/11 10:25 PM
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