Doug

There's a process where you have to give potential evaluations and environmental reviews and then challenges where anybody who might be affected by this in any way, shape, or form can challenge it. And then you have to do this at a national level and then a state level. And there's all these steps that are... incredibly cumbersome.

There's a process where you have to give potential evaluations and environmental reviews and then challenges where anybody who might be affected by this in any way, shape, or form can challenge it. And then you have to do this at a national level and then a state level. And there's all these steps that are... incredibly cumbersome.

And each one of them, as is repeatedly said in the book, very well-intentioned, right? Of course it's great. Like we want people, you know, we want minorities to not be adversely affected by building in these areas. But when you add step after step, after step, after step, this goes on for years, nothing has been built. That's one example, high-speed rail in California.

And each one of them, as is repeatedly said in the book, very well-intentioned, right? Of course it's great. Like we want people, you know, we want minorities to not be adversely affected by building in these areas. But when you add step after step, after step, after step, this goes on for years, nothing has been built. That's one example, high-speed rail in California.

And each one of them, as is repeatedly said in the book, very well-intentioned, right? Of course it's great. Like we want people, you know, we want minorities to not be adversely affected by building in these areas. But when you add step after step, after step, after step, this goes on for years, nothing has been built. That's one example, high-speed rail in California.

They have built zero miles of functioning track in California. So just to be clear, this has been going on for over a decade. There's been billions of dollars spent in California. We have built zero lines of functioning track. Zero. It just can't be done.

They have built zero miles of functioning track in California. So just to be clear, this has been going on for over a decade. There's been billions of dollars spent in California. We have built zero lines of functioning track. Zero. It just can't be done.

They have built zero miles of functioning track in California. So just to be clear, this has been going on for over a decade. There's been billions of dollars spent in California. We have built zero lines of functioning track. Zero. It just can't be done.

By comparison, Florida Brightline has built high speed rail. It is functioning right now because Florida allowed them to build stuff.

By comparison, Florida Brightline has built high speed rail. It is functioning right now because Florida allowed them to build stuff.

By comparison, Florida Brightline has built high speed rail. It is functioning right now because Florida allowed them to build stuff.

But when you look through the amount of environmental reviews, lawsuits, processes, every single part of every single piece of land, everybody who could possibly be affected by this got to have their say and put up legal challenges, put up all these different things to stop this.

But when you look through the amount of environmental reviews, lawsuits, processes, every single part of every single piece of land, everybody who could possibly be affected by this got to have their say and put up legal challenges, put up all these different things to stop this.

But when you look through the amount of environmental reviews, lawsuits, processes, every single part of every single piece of land, everybody who could possibly be affected by this got to have their say and put up legal challenges, put up all these different things to stop this.

So it is taken... One of the former CEO of the high-speed rail said that he's flabbergasted that for some of these things have over a decade, they've been going through the process to get a small chunk of the land approved for building. This is... I want to say insanity, but like, I think for our generation, it doesn't sound that crazy because we're not used to anything being built.

So it is taken... One of the former CEO of the high-speed rail said that he's flabbergasted that for some of these things have over a decade, they've been going through the process to get a small chunk of the land approved for building. This is... I want to say insanity, but like, I think for our generation, it doesn't sound that crazy because we're not used to anything being built.

So it is taken... One of the former CEO of the high-speed rail said that he's flabbergasted that for some of these things have over a decade, they've been going through the process to get a small chunk of the land approved for building. This is... I want to say insanity, but like, I think for our generation, it doesn't sound that crazy because we're not used to anything being built.

I just want to restate that for somebody who... The estimation, based on American building standards, when a major bridge broke down due to a car collision and a fire, was that it would take multiple years to get it rebuilt. This is a critical part of infrastructure in that area. And Josh Shapiro, the governor, said, we're going to invoke emergency powers...

I just want to restate that for somebody who... The estimation, based on American building standards, when a major bridge broke down due to a car collision and a fire, was that it would take multiple years to get it rebuilt. This is a critical part of infrastructure in that area. And Josh Shapiro, the governor, said, we're going to invoke emergency powers...

I just want to restate that for somebody who... The estimation, based on American building standards, when a major bridge broke down due to a car collision and a fire, was that it would take multiple years to get it rebuilt. This is a critical part of infrastructure in that area. And Josh Shapiro, the governor, said, we're going to invoke emergency powers...