Here are some facts to put the idea of US high speed rail into perspective for the dreamers.

It’s not going to be paid for by Jeff bezos. The combined total net worth of the 400 richest people, including him, in America is 3 trillion dollars. Keep in mind that’s total net worth. For a cost comparison, South Korean rail (I’m still hesitant to call it high speed) cost 12 trillion dollars. South Korea is about the size of Arkansas. Our network, as a conservative estimate, would cost about 48 times that. Taxing the rich would barely cover a fraction of that. So what does that mean?

You’re gonna pay for it, and you’re gonna be putting a huge chunk of your earnings towards it every month. You will die before it’s completed.