Jeb was right about the bullet train

Of all the ways Florida could blow through $1.25 billion in federal recovery funds, a bullet train is certainly the flashiest.

Connecting Tampa, Orlando and Miami by high-speed rail is a scheme that's been chugging around for decades, and the prospects for profitability are the same today as they always were: Nil.

The money delivered by President Barack Obama last week in Tampa should have come with a note: ``Here's a gift from Uncle Sam. Now go build yourselves something you can't possibly afford to operate.''

Read Carl Hiaasen's full column here

Comments

[alice]

WHY IS PAULA DOCKERY AGAINST THIS TRAIN AND HER VERY RICH HUSBAND DOC DOCKERY LOVES IT AND LOVES OBAMA AND BILL NELSON. HE HAS ONLY WONDERFUL THINGS TO SAY ABOUT BOTH OF THEM AND GOT OUT OF HIS SICK BED TO TRAVEL TO TAMPA JUST TO MEET THEM. HE IS ONLY A REPUBLICAN BECAUSE HIS WIFE IS RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR THIS YEAR. SHE IS ATTACKING EVERYONE WHO IS AGAINST THIS TRAIN EXCEPT HER HUSBAND.

[alice]

CORRECTION I SHOULD HAVE SAID SHE IS ATTACKING EVERYONE WHO IS IN LOVE WITH THIS TRAIN EXCEPT HER HUSBAND.

ALICE