Victor Davis Hanson

The idea that you're going to have this public unionized workforce run this place, this system is very scary. And two, they've already come through with the amount of ticketing that would be necessary for you to go from Bakersfield, 110 miles or 20 miles an hour to Merced. By the way, people listening to this, is your idea of a vacation to go from Merced to Bakersfield?

The idea that you're going to have this public unionized workforce run this place, this system is very scary. And two, they've already come through with the amount of ticketing that would be necessary for you to go from Bakersfield, 110 miles or 20 miles an hour to Merced. By the way, people listening to this, is your idea of a vacation to go from Merced to Bakersfield?

The idea that you're going to have this public unionized workforce run this place, this system is very scary. And two, they've already come through with the amount of ticketing that would be necessary for you to go from Bakersfield, 110 miles or 20 miles an hour to Merced. By the way, people listening to this, is your idea of a vacation to go from Merced to Bakersfield?

I'm not making fun of the two cities, but they don't come to mind. When I think of California tourist play, I think San Luis Obispo, Carmel, Santa Barbara. I don't think of Bakersfield or Merced, but that's where they're going, this lab rat experiment. And it's already been envisioned it's going to lose millions of dollars to operate. It's not the building it.

I'm not making fun of the two cities, but they don't come to mind. When I think of California tourist play, I think San Luis Obispo, Carmel, Santa Barbara. I don't think of Bakersfield or Merced, but that's where they're going, this lab rat experiment. And it's already been envisioned it's going to lose millions of dollars to operate. It's not the building it.

I'm not making fun of the two cities, but they don't come to mind. When I think of California tourist play, I think San Luis Obispo, Carmel, Santa Barbara. I don't think of Bakersfield or Merced, but that's where they're going, this lab rat experiment. And it's already been envisioned it's going to lose millions of dollars to operate. It's not the building it.

If you built the system for free and you had to operate it, it would lose money.

If you built the system for free and you had to operate it, it would lose money.

If you built the system for free and you had to operate it, it would lose money.

That's what people are talking about with the eventual Los Angeles all the way to Sacramento with laterals into the Bay Area. That's what they're talking about. But they'll never do it. everybody says, you know, I don't think they have the skill to do it. That's what's really frightening about this state.

That's what people are talking about with the eventual Los Angeles all the way to Sacramento with laterals into the Bay Area. That's what they're talking about. But they'll never do it. everybody says, you know, I don't think they have the skill to do it. That's what's really frightening about this state.

That's what people are talking about with the eventual Los Angeles all the way to Sacramento with laterals into the Bay Area. That's what they're talking about. But they'll never do it. everybody says, you know, I don't think they have the skill to do it. That's what's really frightening about this state.

When I see the roads, if you look at the people that we all hate from our past, that we're told to hate them, that generation, and you look at the San Luis Dam, or you look at the California Aqueduct, or you look at Folsom or or Orville Dam.

When I see the roads, if you look at the people that we all hate from our past, that we're told to hate them, that generation, and you look at the San Luis Dam, or you look at the California Aqueduct, or you look at Folsom or or Orville Dam.

When I see the roads, if you look at the people that we all hate from our past, that we're told to hate them, that generation, and you look at the San Luis Dam, or you look at the California Aqueduct, or you look at Folsom or or Orville Dam.

You look at any of the things these guys built, or the PG substation, main power plant up, or you look at Hetch Hetchy, built in, I think, 1910 or 12, or Huntington Lake, the Big Creek project. They were so far ahead of their time. They were so brilliant. And we're just pygmies compared to those people. We don't have the expertise to do it.

You look at any of the things these guys built, or the PG substation, main power plant up, or you look at Hetch Hetchy, built in, I think, 1910 or 12, or Huntington Lake, the Big Creek project. They were so far ahead of their time. They were so brilliant. And we're just pygmies compared to those people. We don't have the expertise to do it.

You look at any of the things these guys built, or the PG substation, main power plant up, or you look at Hetch Hetchy, built in, I think, 1910 or 12, or Huntington Lake, the Big Creek project. They were so far ahead of their time. They were so brilliant. And we're just pygmies compared to those people. We don't have the expertise to do it.

I'm not saying that people coming out of Caltech or engineering programs at UCLA or Stanford are not good. I'm just saying that generally we do not have the skilled labor and we don't have the skilled engineering numbers to create these things anymore. If you disagree, then you ask why we couldn't have built high-speed rail or ask yourself what's going to happen in Los Angeles.

I'm not saying that people coming out of Caltech or engineering programs at UCLA or Stanford are not good. I'm just saying that generally we do not have the skilled labor and we don't have the skilled engineering numbers to create these things anymore. If you disagree, then you ask why we couldn't have built high-speed rail or ask yourself what's going to happen in Los Angeles.