KraneXL

This is the problem with merica. Our politicians spend all their energy making laws telling us what we can't do, when their main job should be to watch out for the people. Single family cars have their place, but going to work and back everyday should be sustained by a rapid transit system.

I voted for Obama the first time (but not the second time) because he ran on a promise of change. He did step up to the plate and at least try to do something to improve the healthcare system. Regardless of how people feel about the outcome, that was more than all his predecessors and those that came after put together have done. He also opened up grants for entrepreneurs with plans for alternative energy.

As for HSR, he offered 3 billion to Florida (a state that was suffering the worst of the depression at the time) to start the ball rolling on a HSR system, but the stupid governor turned it down. Imagine where that system would have been by now if construction had started back then.

When OPEC held us hostage in the 70s and held back oil production, our politicians sat on their hands bewildered. President Carter made speeches and reduce the national speed limit. Now, fourth years later, we're still at the mercy of big oil.

Trump promised to spend less time on foreign affair, and focus more on building up the U.S. So far, his legacy will be building a wall like Nazi Germany. For a nation that's supposedly the leader of the world, we can't seem to get out of our own way.