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This insane: California and China both started their High Speed Rail projects in 2008 - California hasn’t completed a single track - China completed over 31,000 miles of track during the same time Here’s where it gets really crazy, I did the math on how much California is spending... show more

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Tony DeCeanne26 days ago

Time to end NewSCUMS …..GRAVY TRAIN!

Tony DeCeanne26 days ago

The money laundering GRAVY TRAIN to NOWHERE!

John 🇺🇸26 days ago

31k miles completed! Yeah, there isn’t any fraud going on in Cali

Bill Wade26 days ago

Those morons,mental misfit 🤡’s & lunatics will still vote Demonrat!

Todd Krieger26 days ago

This suggests that California's government has been behaving a lot more like a socialist gov't than China's government........

I could be wrong... but I doubt it.26 days ago

Usually, when a budget for government spending gets approved and allocated, MONEY CAN ONLY BE SPENT ON THE APPROVED PURPOSE! Where the hell are the government auditors? And @GavinNewsom wants to run for President? He should be locked up.

Jackie26 days ago

With capitolism there is opertunity for endless fraud. With scocialism there is no opertunity. LOL

NotKrassenstein26 days ago

Just another Californian money laundering excuse for democrat scum.

Paul26 days ago

Wow. It would be interesting to have a breakdown of who has received government contracts, and where exactly all the payments have went.

AlwaysKnocking26 days ago

California created a massive slush fund for the elites in government. Not a rail system. China uses slave labor and has advantages that come from the end of a gun barrel. Both are gross and pathetic.

BoogerFudge26 days ago

They. Are. Stealing. From. You. California, stop being pussies and remove your representatives by force

NOTbehind8BALL26 days ago

WTF👀👀👀👀👀🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 Breaking Xi STROKE!!

Historic Philly26 days ago

1 million dollars for about 21 feet. 48k per foot. A steal of a deal!

MW26 days ago

China and Democrats most likely split the Cal rail money. At least China got some work done with it.

SovrnInsurgent26 days ago

railway to nowhere.

Greg Collard26 days ago

California is absurd in many, many ways. Nonetheless, it’s a dumb comparison. People in China don’t have rights to fight projects, or fight government takeover of property. The government in China and the companies doing work on behalf of the government can do whatever the hell they want. I don’t want to be like California by any means, but there’s a cost to China’s efficiency that I don’t want to pay.

Shld/_Kate26 days ago

Thr money was laundered. Look no further than the state politicians!

nc_jpn26 days ago

CA can't even do communism right.

GuitaristR226 days ago

California never fails to find new ways to let me down. Such an amazing place to grow up, it’s such a shame to see how badly it has declined in my 30 years on earth. I hope big tech leaves so people can see what a failure CA dems truly are. But somehow it’s trumps fault always

bbowden1826 days ago

Gavin Newsom is a Grifter and a Fool.

CommonSenseSkeptic26 days ago

You can thank Musk for his interference in the California system. Not kidding.

Lance26 days ago

Comparing per-mile costs across entirely different political and legal systems leaves out the real structural hurdles. Shouldn't we look at reforming project oversight instead?

Paul 📱💻26 days ago

The Chinese built the trans continental railroad in the US 145 years ago with basic tools ⚒️ and no modern machinery.

Young America26 days ago

But how many NGOs does China have. Yeah, hardly any. I rest my case.

Wes Coers26 days ago

China executes overtly corrupt politicians. That would be a good place for California to begin.

Swoopie Dog26 days ago

@Sober297 It was a money laundering scheme

Hope Otto26 days ago

Are we paying for China's track? Is that where the money went? @USAttyEssayli @SecDuffy @Scavino47

SemperRef4626 days ago

Can the Chinese replace Newsǒmě?

Pat Henry26 days ago

Checks who's running the project ...

Suz Robinson26 days ago

This is like comparing apples to peanuts. China has a top down govt and they exercise their right to seize land, including homes, farmlands etc. And marginalized people have few if any legal options. CA is trying to build HSR through built out cities using existing rail in a blended system. They face dozens of lawsuits and have to acquire some of the most expensive land to do it. CA labor costs are also extremely high compared to China.

Jodka26 days ago

China kills people like Gavin Newsom. Here are some known executions of Chinese officials for corruption in recent years: 2025: Bai Tianhui (former general manager of China Huarong International), executed 9 December 2025 for taking more than 1.1 billion yuan in bribes. 2024: Li Jianping (former party secretary of Hohhot Economic and Technological Development Zone), executed 17 December 2024. His case is described as the largest corruption case in the campaign’s history (more than 3 billion yuan involved). 2021: Lai Xiaomin (former chairman of China Huarong Asset Management), executed 29 January 2021 for taking 1.79 billion yuan in bribes plus other charges. 2017: Zhao Liping (former vice-chairman of Inner Mongolia’s political consultative conference). He was executed in May 2017, but the sentence also covered murder and illegal firearms possession in addition to corruption.

LChris26 days ago

🤯🤯🤯🤯

Travis Robertson26 days ago

Because Californias was never intended to be completed. Per the green energy cashflow playbook it’s pilfer tax payer money into over billed invoices for minimal work they keep 90% the cronies!!!

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