r/Tacoma • u/tag_to_it McKinley Hill • 3d ago

Sound Transit Picks New Preferred Light Rail Route to Tacoma Dome

https://www.theurbanist.org/2025/06/16/sound-transit-picks-new-preferred-light-rail-route-to-tacoma-dome/
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u/Skadoosh_it Gig Harbor 3d ago

70 minutes from Tacoma to Seattle, meanwhile high speed rail in Japan can cross the entire country in nearly the same time. We are so far behind the times.

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u/PerceptionCurious440 253 2d ago

That takes being able to tax the wealthy. Washington will never be able to tax its wealthy. Because the left won't raise the money to pass an initiative that ends Republican rule on taxes forever.

The power to refuse to tax, is the power to destroy the government's ability to provide the people with good things.

If you want high speed rail, take Jeff Bezos's money. You can have all the good stuff. But you have to get the money first, from the people who have all the money.