Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Dems rail against Cantor train

Even though House Minority Whip Eric Cantor was against the decision to build the fast train from Vegas to Los Angeles, I do not think they should be pouncing on him for his decision to go after a train from D.C. to Richmond if their ultimate goal is to stimulate growth in the light rail system and create jobs that would go with it. It is something that they have in the pocket to attack him with, but I do not really see a difference in the two projects and if they are going after him for his hypocrisy they should do so in another matter. The train projects are both things that are not the most beneficial use of taxpayer money given how short the trips are already and if they really want support for projects like these in the future it is best to award as many of these as they can with as little disagreement from Republicans as possible. I know when I listen to parties talk about one another, the negativity turns me away and although it does reduce some of the ammo that Republicans have been throwing out, the backbone behind what is going on correlates with what Democrats want to see achieved. The more we talk about these infrastructure projects, the more susceptible they are to public disapproval because details of waste are inevitable and those are the things that Republicans will attack.

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