I guess I missed the boat.  First, as a person who has travelled to parts of the US where rail is a big part of moving the masses, it is successful.  But where's the audit Gov.  Did you forget that all of you are accountable for a balanced budget.  It seems so easy for each of you in office to just throw money around without thinking and finding out how to stretch the mighty dollar.  But to sit here and grumble as voters is a whole other ballgame.  Every 2 years no matter how made people get, they vote the same people in.  So, everybody, how about TERM LIMITS!  I've stuck to my guns and I have told politicians to their faces, I will only vote for you twice after that you're out.  Unfortunately, we have short memories of all the bad things and vote them back in again & again & again...  Maybe this is the wake up call.