Wednesday, June 30, 2021

Tibet Has A Bullet Train

Tibet has a bullet train. For real. It’s in operation now. Today! Freaking Tibet!


Does California have a bullet train? No. Texas? No. Florida or Michigan or Illinois? Here’s a hint: None of the above!


The US is so far behind! SO flipping far behind! 


“Who’s going to pay for it?” our politicians squabble. “We can’t raise taxes on billionaires; that wouldn’t be fair! You wouldn’t want to raise the national debt, would you? And we dare not anger our benefactors in the oil and gas industries!”


It would be tempting to claim that country is becoming a laughing stock, but I’m afraid that it’s too late. We’re already there.


Tibet has a bullet train and the USA doesn’t. Let that sink in.



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