The best time to build a rail system is kind of like the best time to plant a tree. 20 years ago.
It's sad but it seems to me contemporary Americans don't want to pay for something that they will only reap the benefits of in later decades
There's so much in that style of thinking. The irony of depending on roads built decades ago. The debt system conditioning people to expect to "get it now, pay it later". The hypocrisy in "investing" 10k-100k in an education but not a few measly percent in taxes
It's sad but it seems to me contemporary Americans don't want to pay for something that they will only reap the benefits of in later decades
There's so much in that style of thinking. The irony of depending on roads built decades ago. The debt system conditioning people to expect to "get it now, pay it later". The hypocrisy in "investing" 10k-100k in an education but not a few measly percent in taxes