Now this is what should happen to ALL those funds that were taken but not fulfilled.
Just make sure this doesn't go before the 9th Circus to decide if it has to be paid back or not.
I am sure there are many other projects in California that weren't done - but the money was spent - that Pres. Trump could demand be repaid as well. Maybe this applies to those other left leaning states and cities as well and those funds need to be handed back.
I would call this the taking of funds under FALSE PRETENSES and it should include charges for that violation as well as paying the $$$ back. This would pay for a DOUBLE FENCE along the entire Southern border and even part of a strong barrier on the Northern Border.
Jackie Juntti
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https://dailycaller.com/2019/
9:54 PM 02/13/2019 | US
Evie Fordham | Politics and Health Care Reporter
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President Donald Trump demanded that California pay back the federal government for its abandoned high-speed rail project, in a tweet Wednesday evening.
“California has been forced to cancel the massive bullet train project after having spent and wasted many billions of dollars,” Trump wrote on Twitter. “They owe the Federal Government three and a half billion dollars. We want that money back now. Whole project is a ‘green’ disaster!”
“Fake news,” Newsom wrote on Twitter. “We’re building high-speed rail, connecting the Central Valley and beyond. This is [California’s] money, allocated by Congress for this project. We’re not giving it back. The train is leaving the station better get on board! (Also, desperately searching for some wall $$??)”
“Let’s level about the high-speed rail,” Newsom said during his “State of the State” address. “Let’s be real, the current project as planned would cost too much and, respectfully, take too long. Right now, there simply isn’t a path to get from Sacramento to San Diego, let alone from San Francisco to L.A. I wish there were.”
The governor’s office appeared to partially walk back the announcement Wednesday.
Gavin Newsom (L) is sworn in as governor of California by California Chief Justice Tani Gorre Cantil-Sakauye (R) as Newsom’s wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom (C), watches on Jan. 7, 2019 in Sacramento, California. (Photo by Stephen Lam/Getty Images)
The multi-billion dollar project is not dead, Jesse Melgar, a spokesman in Newsom’s office, told The Daily Caller News Foundation Wednesday.
“We have to be realistic about the project that means refocus and reprioritize to get a finished section from Bakersfield to Merced,” Melgar said, adding that the governor intends on “completing the bookend projects and finishing the environmental review for the San Francisco to Los Angeles leg.”
Former California state Assemblyman Chuck Devore appeared on “Tucker Carlson Tonight” Wednesday to discuss the fate of the high-speed rail project.
“The federal government has put $3.5 billion into it,” Devore said. “And now they are in material breach of their agreement with the federal government. I think the federal government should ask for that money back and use it to build the wall.”
Projected costs for the full train project had grown from $33 billion to $77 billion, leading to Newsom’s announcement Tuesday.
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Just make sure this doesn't go before the 9th Circus to decide if it has to be paid back or not.
I am sure there are many other projects in California that weren't done - but the money was spent - that Pres. Trump could demand be repaid as well. Maybe this applies to those other left leaning states and cities as well and those funds need to be handed back.
I would call this the taking of funds under FALSE PRETENSES and it should include charges for that violation as well as paying the $$$ back. This would pay for a DOUBLE FENCE along the entire Southern border and even part of a strong barrier on the Northern Border.
Jackie Juntti
WGEN idzrus@earthlink.net
Neither a borrower nor a lender be.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
https://dailycaller.com/2019/
9:54 PM 02/13/2019 | USEvie Fordham | Politics and Health Care Reporter
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President Donald Trump demanded that California pay back the federal government for its abandoned high-speed rail project, in a tweet Wednesday evening.
“California has been forced to cancel the massive bullet train project after having spent and wasted many billions of dollars,” Trump wrote on Twitter. “They owe the Federal Government three and a half billion dollars. We want that money back now. Whole project is a ‘green’ disaster!”
- California has been forced to cancel the massive bullet train project after having spent and wasted many billions of dollars. They owe the Federal Government three and a half billion dollars. We want that money back now. Whole project is a “green” disaster!
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 14, 2019
“Fake news,” Newsom wrote on Twitter. “We’re building high-speed rail, connecting the Central Valley and beyond. This is [California’s] money, allocated by Congress for this project. We’re not giving it back. The train is leaving the station better get on board! (Also, desperately searching for some wall $$??)”
- California has been forced to cancel the massive bullet train project after having spent and wasted many billions of dollars. They owe the Federal Government three and a half billion dollars. We want that money back now. Whole project is a “green” disaster!
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 14, 2019
“Let’s level about the high-speed rail,” Newsom said during his “State of the State” address. “Let’s be real, the current project as planned would cost too much and, respectfully, take too long. Right now, there simply isn’t a path to get from Sacramento to San Diego, let alone from San Francisco to L.A. I wish there were.”
The governor’s office appeared to partially walk back the announcement Wednesday.
Gavin Newsom (L) is sworn in as governor of California by California Chief Justice Tani Gorre Cantil-Sakauye (R) as Newsom’s wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom (C), watches on Jan. 7, 2019 in Sacramento, California. (Photo by Stephen Lam/Getty Images)
The multi-billion dollar project is not dead, Jesse Melgar, a spokesman in Newsom’s office, told The Daily Caller News Foundation Wednesday.
“We have to be realistic about the project that means refocus and reprioritize to get a finished section from Bakersfield to Merced,” Melgar said, adding that the governor intends on “completing the bookend projects and finishing the environmental review for the San Francisco to Los Angeles leg.”
Former California state Assemblyman Chuck Devore appeared on “Tucker Carlson Tonight” Wednesday to discuss the fate of the high-speed rail project.
“The federal government has put $3.5 billion into it,” Devore said. “And now they are in material breach of their agreement with the federal government. I think the federal government should ask for that money back and use it to build the wall.”
Projected costs for the full train project had grown from $33 billion to $77 billion, leading to Newsom’s announcement Tuesday.
Follow Evie on Twitter @eviefordham.
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