................."Hailed at its inception as an example of “smart government” and proof that “government can still get things done,” the project was originally estimated to cost $2.8 billion. Thanks to corruption, construction mishaps and the usual friction on projects of this kind, the project took a decade longer than planned to complete, and was said at the time (December 2007) to have cost a total of $14.6 billion.
There was much shock and finger-pointing when these numbers came out, but as Boston.com reports, those cost estimates were still much too low. By the time the whole mess is finished and accounted for, this beautiful proof of governmental competence and efficiency, this magnificent testimony to the ability of big infrastructure projects to turn the US around will end up costing about twice that much: at about $21 billion,"............................
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Put it all together, and an expensive $2.8 billion dollar highway project morphs into a $21 billion regional disaster. Only there is still more to come. That $21 billion still doesn’t include "........................
Again Bob. It's not about what Obama failed to do, it's ONLY about getting him reelected at any and all cost.
Obama can't run on his record. All he can do is tear Romney down and he is counting on his faithful followers voting for him like a bunch of cult members. No matter how bad his leadership....they are driven to vote by some inexplicable need to prolong the agony for four more years. NO MATTER WHAT!
If America reelects this pompous idiot then we deserve what we get going into the future.
The dems in California have a similar "train wreck" project brewing called High Speed Rail. They are pushing it through no matter what.
The state is going broke, the roads are a mess and the schools are underfunded...but they are going to start building a San Francisco to LA (and beyond?) rail line in the middle of nowhere to fulfill some deal cut between Obama and some politician in the middle of the state.
The Governor has pulled out all the stops. The state will spend billions in state and federal tax money for a project they don't need to keep the unions happy.
