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Yeah. I don't know that that's true, but I know that if you see that much money going in and you don't see results, I don't blame you for assuming it's corruption. Right. Well, where could it go? I think a lot of it is bureaucracy, actually. And it's the inability to get even basic things done. There are exceptions we worked on.

Yeah. I don't know that that's true, but I know that if you see that much money going in and you don't see results, I don't blame you for assuming it's corruption. Right. Well, where could it go? I think a lot of it is bureaucracy, actually. And it's the inability to get even basic things done. There are exceptions we worked on.

Yeah. I don't know that that's true, but I know that if you see that much money going in and you don't see results, I don't blame you for assuming it's corruption. Right. Well, where could it go? I think a lot of it is bureaucracy, actually. And it's the inability to get even basic things done. There are exceptions we worked on.

The one thing I worked on that I'm very excited about is another high-speed line that goes from Las Vegas to California, to Southern California. They could be open by 2028 if they hit all of their marks and everything goes well. There's some reasons why that was different, though. Yeah.

The one thing I worked on that I'm very excited about is another high-speed line that goes from Las Vegas to California, to Southern California. They could be open by 2028 if they hit all of their marks and everything goes well. There's some reasons why that was different, though. Yeah.

The one thing I worked on that I'm very excited about is another high-speed line that goes from Las Vegas to California, to Southern California. They could be open by 2028 if they hit all of their marks and everything goes well. There's some reasons why that was different, though. Yeah.

And part of why it was different was the public-private partnership, which created a different—and it's a red state next to a blue state. But it's California, too, right? So it's Nevada and California, sponsored by Nevada, which is a swing state, by the way, not a red state, I would argue. Good point. Hey, good point.

And part of why it was different was the public-private partnership, which created a different—and it's a red state next to a blue state. But it's California, too, right? So it's Nevada and California, sponsored by Nevada, which is a swing state, by the way, not a red state, I would argue. Good point. Hey, good point.

And part of why it was different was the public-private partnership, which created a different—and it's a red state next to a blue state. But it's California, too, right? So it's Nevada and California, sponsored by Nevada, which is a swing state, by the way, not a red state, I would argue. Good point. Hey, good point.

And they did some right-of-way stuff where a big part of the route is actually just right down the median of I-15. So it's easy, comparatively easy, compared to having to buy. The problem with the Second Avenue subway, the cost of it, sounds like you know a lot about this. Loves trains. Do love trains. Good. I love trains, too.

And they did some right-of-way stuff where a big part of the route is actually just right down the median of I-15. So it's easy, comparatively easy, compared to having to buy. The problem with the Second Avenue subway, the cost of it, sounds like you know a lot about this. Loves trains. Do love trains. Good. I love trains, too.

And they did some right-of-way stuff where a big part of the route is actually just right down the median of I-15. So it's easy, comparatively easy, compared to having to buy. The problem with the Second Avenue subway, the cost of it, sounds like you know a lot about this. Loves trains. Do love trains. Good. I love trains, too.

The reason it's costing so much here is to even put in a little power facility, let alone a station, you've got to buy real estate out in one of the most dense and expensive places, probably the most dense and expensive place in the entire world. The most expensive buildings in the world. It's incredibly complicated to even just do the signal work in the stations, right? Yeah.

The reason it's costing so much here is to even put in a little power facility, let alone a station, you've got to buy real estate out in one of the most dense and expensive places, probably the most dense and expensive place in the entire world. The most expensive buildings in the world. It's incredibly complicated to even just do the signal work in the stations, right? Yeah.

The reason it's costing so much here is to even put in a little power facility, let alone a station, you've got to buy real estate out in one of the most dense and expensive places, probably the most dense and expensive place in the entire world. The most expensive buildings in the world. It's incredibly complicated to even just do the signal work in the stations, right? Yeah.

Anyway, my point is I agree that we have to have better results, better return on taxpayer money. But when it goes well, I mean, again, we're all living off of the value, even though the Internet has proven to be a mixed bag. Yeah. Many people, including like these Doge guys, right, made all of their money off of something that was literally invented by the federal government, the Internet.

Anyway, my point is I agree that we have to have better results, better return on taxpayer money. But when it goes well, I mean, again, we're all living off of the value, even though the Internet has proven to be a mixed bag. Yeah. Many people, including like these Doge guys, right, made all of their money off of something that was literally invented by the federal government, the Internet.

Anyway, my point is I agree that we have to have better results, better return on taxpayer money. But when it goes well, I mean, again, we're all living off of the value, even though the Internet has proven to be a mixed bag. Yeah. Many people, including like these Doge guys, right, made all of their money off of something that was literally invented by the federal government, the Internet.

That's a great point, honestly. So it can work. I'm not here to say it always does work. It can work, but you have to actually have people who care about it working versus just gathering their own power and making it all about us.

That's a great point, honestly. So it can work. I'm not here to say it always does work. It can work, but you have to actually have people who care about it working versus just gathering their own power and making it all about us.