The White House is at it again, spending your money on ‘Friends & Family’ deals for private businesses. On the surface, stimulus money for rail infrastructure seems like a great idea, it’s an old system that needs lots of work, But handing over hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars to private companies is a bad policy. It leaves us, that’s U.S., holding the bag when things go wrong, remember Solyndra? When the Govt. picks winners and losers, we all lose.
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