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2025-06-04 Government Corruption

California got nearly $7B from feds for high-speed rail ‐ but never laid any track, bombshell report shows

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Posted by Frank G 2025-06-04 11:11|| || Front Page|| [61 views ] Top
File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats

#1 The Marx Brothers covered this already. With apologies to Animal Crackers:

Spaulding: This is better than exploring! What do you fellows get an hour?

Ravelli: Oh, for ~~playing~~ building a railroad we getta ten dollars an hour.

Spaulding: I see...What do you get for not ~~playing~~building a railroad?

Ravelli: Twelve dollars an hour.

Spaulding: Well, clip me off a piece of that.

Ravelli: Now, for ~~rehearsing~~ getting ready to build a railroad, we make special rate. Thatsa fifteen dollars an hour.

Spaulding: That's for ~~rehearsing~~getting ready to build a railroad??

Ravelli: Thatsa for ~~rehearsing~~ getting ready to build a railroad.

Spaulding: And what do you get for not ~~rehearsing~~ building a railroad?

Ravelli: You couldn't afford it...

Posted by MikeKozlowski 2025-06-04 13:09|| 2025-06-04 13:09|| Front Page Top

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