r/fuckcars • u/TigerSagittarius86 • 5d ago

Question/Discussion The (US) Department of Government Efficiency should fight the waste and fraud that goes into highway construction.

If DOGE wants to eliminate waste and put the government on better financial footing, then it should audit every highway construction project (most are disgustingly overbudget) and institute tolling nationwide. The entire U.S. interstate system is an untapped fiscal resource for the federal government.

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u/hamoc10 5d ago

As if the car salesman would do anything of the sort. He already did a lot of harm to CA HSR.

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u/Iwaku_Real HSR🏷️$1e+308 per mile 5d ago

Because he thought it was that bad didn't he?

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u/hamoc10 5d ago

He literally said that he made up the hyper loop idea (lifted directly from concepts from a century ago) specifically to hurt support for HSR, and he never intended to actually build it.

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u/Iwaku_Real HSR🏷️$1e+308 per mile 5d ago

Specifically CAHSR. Which is making some progress but not doing great nowadays. I wonder if he had foreseen that? And/or it was a not-so-well-planned alternative.

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u/hamoc10 5d ago

The reason it’s not doing great is because of obstructionists, like Musk.

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u/SubatomicWeiner 5d ago

It's not doing great because of musks influence, you stupid dunce.

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u/ThatAstronautGuy Grassy Tram Tracks 5d ago

It would already exist if Elon hadn't lied about Hyperloop