re high speed rail is bad bmich cs utexas edu brian keith michalk writes a few weeks ago i found out about some of the politics that is going on with the texas bullet train and was appalled at some of the apparent underhanded tactics to push this thing through without any public say whatsoever so i wrote up a short editorial thing and posted it hoping to get some discussion i suppose editorials don t do it here so now i am asking for the general opinion of the net about the proposed high speed train what do you think i personally think it is a stupid idea and that there are a few people somewhere who are going to get very rich from this deal my opinion is this in a society whose economy is primarily based on capitalism the role of government should be to provide those goods and services that need providing for the general public s good but government should supply those necessary goods and services only when it is impossible for a private enterprise or individual to make money from providing them i agree with some of the other posts that this train probably can not make money and will rely heavily on state tax dollars the question i think then becomes do we the general public need the train i certainly do not nor will i ever need this train in lubbock texas with the inexpensive air travel provided between dallas and houston i don t think people in dallas or houston need it either david mcgaughey texas tech university
