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softwaredougyesterday at 11:22 PM6 repliesview on HN

If these projects ultimately end up canceled they’ll be the largest “mostly done” infrastructure projects to be cancelled. A huge waste. And a monument to US incompetency.


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zobzutoday at 3:54 AM

have you met the california high speed rail or not yet?

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kabdibtoday at 1:20 AM

> incompetency

"corruption"

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JumpCrisscrosstoday at 12:43 AM

> A huge waste. And a monument to US incompetency

But a windfall for the litigation financier that buys those claims off the U.S. government.

These leases are contracts. Sovereign immunity is curtailed when the U.S. contracts.

bgroinstoday at 12:06 AM

Worse than the Superconducting Supercollider?

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toomuchtodoyesterday at 11:52 PM

Well, judicial checks and balances should protect them until regime change, which is coming.

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dyauspitrtoday at 1:31 AM

GOP cronyism and deep corruption.