[paulddraper]

(1) I don't think it actually turned out great.

(2) Even if it had, "it worked out" isn't a good justification for gambling with taxpayer money.

[Godel_unicode]

What result would have met your test for worked out? Gambling with taxpayers money is a pretty good description of the job of government (will this transportation system get used (consider Detroit's highway system)? Are we encouraging business the right way? Will this law reduce crime?)

[paulddraper]

Uncertainity about the usage of a hypothetical transportation system is qualitatively different than investing money to a company that has been mis-managed so badly it's going bankrupt.

[nopzor]

re: (1), so you think it didn't turn out a hell of a lot better than most imagined?