Dave Rubin claims the California high-speed rail project is a massive, mismanaged boondoggle characterized by significant delays and cost overruns.
“So, it was supposed to be done six years ago at 33 to 35 billion. Now the cost is projected to be 231 billion dollars, okay? That's like eight times the price, and it has only running it's only been laid and running now through Merced to Bakersfield.”
The Rubin Report · May 2026 · 1 episode · 162K views on this topicCalifornia's bullet train project is a failure that has cost billions of dollars without producing any tangible results.
“I don't know how many billions of dollars they spent on the bullet train here over the last 15 years. And you know how much bullet train we got? Zero. They spent billions of dollars.”
The Jimmy Dore Show · Jan 2026 · 1 episode · 131K views on this topicBob believes that the state of California is a wasteland.
“it is funny when I get questions from family about uh how the Wasteland of California is and how I'm fairing in the in the nightmare Escape that the beautiful weather at the moment”
Distractible Podcast · Jan 2025 · 1 episode · 105K views on this topicWade argues that Ohio has become more like California following a recent earthquake.
“did you know Ohio's more like California now than ever before”
Distractible Podcast · Jan 2025 · 1 episode · 105K views on this topicExtracted by a model; may misattribute who said what.
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