Comment by rayiner

The problem is not that the benefits will come in decades, but that they won’t come at all to most taxpayers. Here in DC we built a subway 40 years ago. It’s a huge boondoggle that is usable for a single digit percent of the taxpayers who pay for it. Folks in Richmond who might ride Metro a few times in their lifetime or lower income folks who work in the suburbs subsidize the commutes of lawyers and federal government workers who work downtown.