Scott Walker, a Republican running to be governor of Wisconsin, is airing a TV commercial in which he vows that if elected he'll prevent high(er) speed rail between Milwaukee and Madison. The plan was awarded an $810 million federal grant, but on the commercial's website Walker says - in an "Open Letter to President Obama" - that he will "put a stop to this boondoggle the day I take office."
Wisconsin candidate's new TV ad: "We'll stop this train"
The commercial: Stop the Train! (NoTrain.com)
"'Wisconsin's hardworking families who are going to have to pick up the tab,' Walker says in the ad, decrying the projected operating subsidies. 'They are going to have to spend up to $10 million a year just to keep a train running they may never ride.'"
A natural extension of this logic would be that the citizens of Wisconsin should not have to contribute the many millions of dollars more required to build and maintain highways, roads, streets, and bridges they may never drive on.
Wisconsin candidate's new TV ad: "We'll stop this train"
The commercial: Stop the Train! (NoTrain.com)
"'Wisconsin's hardworking families who are going to have to pick up the tab,' Walker says in the ad, decrying the projected operating subsidies. 'They are going to have to spend up to $10 million a year just to keep a train running they may never ride.'"
A natural extension of this logic would be that the citizens of Wisconsin should not have to contribute the many millions of dollars more required to build and maintain highways, roads, streets, and bridges they may never drive on.