Jack Ma: US wasted trillions on warfare instead of investing in infrastructure
This is so true. I went to Shanghai about 3 summers ago right when Denver was finishing up the "A Line" train from Downtown to the Airport. This project cost over a billion dollars and the damn thing can't run smoothly or stay operational. Tons of issues. Meanwhile we took the Maglev train from the Pudong Airport to the Shanghai City Center. The Maglev cost $1.2 billion dollars [1]. The train can travel up to 270 MPH [1]; it takes about 15 minutes to get from the Airport to the city. The Denver train? 45 minutes, goes somewhere around 45 MPH for $1.1 billion dollars [2]. The train in China goes 6x faster then the Denver train.<p>[1] <a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/go_east_young_man/2005/03/mines_faster_than_yours.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/go_east_young_man/2005/03...</a><p>[2]  <a href="https://pagetwo.completecolorado.com/2016/05/31/otoole-taking-rtds-billion-dollar-a-train/" rel="nofollow">https://pagetwo.completecolorado.com/2016/05/31/otoole-takin...</a>