"The federal government is running red and the fiscal irresponsibility of local government across the nation has led to several cities and municipalities filing for bankruptcy since 2010. There have been four filings in California alone" (Jorge Marin). Jorge Marin is a writer, particularly on the subject, state affairs. Marin suggests money is already a big issue for Californians, and the high-speed rail project will not help the state's financial debt. .
The California high-speed rail project could easily be built privately by, but the government wants it to be a public transport. With the government running the project, it would take even long to finish and open the high-speed rail and bullet train. The government has to be constantly regulated. It has been fifty years since the first high-speed rail road in Japan was open, yet the United States still have not built one that runs for over one-hundred miles per hour. It has been over six years since, President Obama and Governor Brown proposed the high-speed rail project in California, yet, currently, Superior Court Judge Michael Kenny rules that the state of California cannot collect bond to fund the project due to the fact that they do not have any sort of financial plan for the project (Marin 1). Justice Kenny was right to inspect the Obama administration and Governor Brown. It is more likely that private companies will finish making the railroad by now. .
Unquestionably, railroads need land, and the costs for acquiring right of way would be expensive, long, and hard to avoid; moreover, there would not be some complications if it was a private or public high-speed rail. Also, It would be very hard for the government to claim land owned by others. Most of the lands in the San Joaquin Valley are farmlands, and farmers own the land. The basic necessity for the high-speed rail is acquiring land, and that is through eminent domain which is taking the owners land in replace for compensations.
