Kalifornia ChooChoo Kaput

The current Governor of California--unlike his predecessor--knows how to add and subtract.

California Governor Gavin Newsom announced Tuesday in his “State of the State” address at the California State Capitol in Sacramento that he would abandon the state’s high-speed rail system because it was too expensive....

That's the reason he gives.  The real reason is this:  tax revenues in his State are dropping rapidly as people get out of there.  So yah, the choochoo is too expensive, when you consider the wrong-way-curve of taxes.

That sound you heard was Occasional-Cortex slamming her hand on the table.