President Obama is planing on building a high-speed rail system in America. The implementation of this plan would create many jobs . One question that comes into my mind is which Americans are willing to do these type of blue collar jobs however unemployment will cause many people to evalute their situation and will have to make do with what ever job they can get.
America in comparison to other developed countries is behind in transportation. For example Spain and Japan has trains that travel from city to city with speeds of 240km/h. In my opinion the long term benefits will be far greater than the short term. The long term benfits will enable America to cut down on congested traffic which according President Obama, "Our highways are clogged with traffic, costing us $80 billion a year in lost productivity and wasted fuel." If these numbers are accurate I believe the government should invest in building a railway system. The Railway system will provide many jobs in the short term and in the long term the railway system will provide efficiency.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8003077.stm
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