High Speed Rail

[ericadawn16]

Rick Scott has rejected high speed rail so if you can't drive and/or can't afford a car, I guess he thinks you don't have any business venturing from your own town.

Plus, all the freaking construction jobs and the other jobs to come once it was built and the access to jobs beyond your own county, but that's okay, I guess they can just put up a Walmart on every corner...

Next election, Rick Scott, you are going DOWN!!!

I see no added jobs except for his rich cronies. Otherwise, he has only canceled jobs. LIAR!

*tries to sustain rage*

Also, that money was allotted for High Speed Rail and ONLY High Speed Rail. It CAN"T go towards anything else.

EDIT: I just wrote the Governor about my concerns, but I'm still pissed. It feels like a giant slap in the face to those poor and unemployed who WANT TO WORK but are unable to travel to the places with actual jobs. They like to pretend we don't exist. It's like that part in A Christmas Carol where Scrooge says those who don't want to go to prison or the workhouse, which is also basically prison, should just DIE and decrease the surplus population.

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[aachannoichi.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately he and his constituency doesn't care about the poor or unemployed. Their mindset is, "The poor could be rich if they worked harder." And "The unemployed could work, they just don't want to." Such stupid and one sided thinking.

People like that don't see the benefit in having a viable public transportation system unless it benefits their bottom-line in some form or fashion. Maybe if you could explain the the governor that jobs would be created, business could be generated just by being on certain routes, traffic congestion could be minimized, thus keeping state pollution levels down. And speaking of minimization, the legal system would possibly be alleviated from people suing in automotive accident cases. Plus tourism may be increased, because people who are from cities and counties where public transportation is plentiful will be more than happy to "ride the rails" over driving.

Perhaps if you put it like this, in terms of dollars and cents, he and his would come up with that I'm sure the measure would pass overnight. Also check out this link: http://www.apta.com/mediacenter/ptbenefits/Pages/default.aspx And use some of this in your next letter.

Sorry to be so long winded, but people like Rick Scott only see money and you have to appeal to their sense of greed.