{"id":31685,"date":"2011-02-20T16:44:18","date_gmt":"2011-02-20T16:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/scandal-florida-gov-scott-consulted-a-libertarian-study-on-high-speed-rail\/"},"modified":"2011-02-20T16:44:18","modified_gmt":"2011-02-20T16:44:18","slug":"scandal-florida-gov-scott-consulted-a-libertarian-study-on-high-speed-rail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/libertarian\/scandal-florida-gov-scott-consulted-a-libertarian-study-on-high-speed-rail.php","title":{"rendered":"SCANDAL!! Florida Gov. Scott consulted a "libertarian" study on High Speed Rail"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>BREAKING...<\/strong><\/p>

From Eric Dondero:<\/p>

Florida's libertarian Republican Governor is in hot water with liberal media outlets, for having consulted a \"libertarian\" feasibility study published by the Reason Foundation. <\/p>

Scott on Monday, rejected $2.4 billion in federal taxpayer subsidies for the proposed High Speed Rail project from Orlando to Tampa. <\/p>

From the Ft. Meyers News-Press<\/a> \"Governor irks many with rail rejection\":<\/p>

Scott said the spending was not merited. He criticized President BarackObama's spending plans while also saying he didn'tbelieve the rail project would meet ridership estimates...<\/p>

Scott said the money would be more effectively spent on improvements to ports, highways and existing rail systems.<\/p><\/blockquote>

<\/a>Scott is the 4th Republican Governor to reject such federal funding. The others include: Governor Chris Christie of New Jersey, newly-elected Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin and newly-elected Gov. John Kasich of Ohio. (Source: Infrastructurist<\/a>)<\/p>

From WTSP.com<\/a>, (Tampa\/St. Pete) \"Gov. Scott didn't consult new rail \"feasibility study\" after all\":<\/p>

TAMPA, Florida - Despite promises that he would consult a new feasibility study in February before making any decisions on high-speed rail (HSR), Gov. Rick Scott yanked the project off the tracks Wednesday based on a report published on Jan. 6 from a notorious rail opponent.<\/p>

<\/a>The governor's office confirmed Scott relied on a controversial report from the libertarian Reason Foundation. It indicated Florida would be vulnerable to cost overruns and overambitious ridership projections - concerns Scott cited in his Wednesday decision.<\/p><\/blockquote>

At issue is the Governor's remark days after assuming office in Tallahassee:<\/p>

\"There's a feasibility study that's supposed to come out, a ridership study, that's going to give me more information,\" he said. \"I think it's in February, that's my understanding.\"<\/p><\/blockquote>

So, the Governor had the audacity to consult a Reason Foundation study<\/a> instead, which contained the same fundamental information as the official feasibility study.<\/p>

IMPORTANT UPDATE!<\/strong> - Matt Welch, Reason's Managing Editor has directed LR to their \"first swing\" of a response<\/a> to media criticisms, from Foundation Pres. Bob Poole:<\/p>

Since the official ridership projections were straight out of fantasyland, there was a high likelihood of the state being stuck providing operating subsidies, as in most of the existing high-speed rail projects overseas. Yet if the state accepted the $2.4 billion from the federal government and built the line, it would be stuck operating it—or else required to give back the $2.4 billion in, by then, sunk costs. So Scott made a responsible decision to protect Florida’s taxpayers, consistent with his campaign rhetoric and his other actions since taking over in January<\/p><\/blockquote>

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