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https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/02/13/why-united-states-will-never-have-high-speed-rail/

https://www.vice.com/en/article/3aqz8y/the-us-is-not-ready-for-high-speed-rail

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https://www.vice.com/en/article/884kvk/why-the-us-sucks-at-building-public-transit

https://www.cbo.gov/topics/defense-and-national-security#:~:text=About%20one%2Dsixth%20of%20federal,current%20and%20proposed%20defense%20programs.