Criminal Governor? The governor of California accepted three and a half billion dollars from the federal gov't to build a high speed railway and now..

says the railway is cancelled and he will NOT return the money to the federal government.

Three and a half billion is quite a bit of money to steal so publicly...at least, in my humble opinion.

Thoughts?

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soar2newhighs

The administration is trying through legal means as necessary to either recoup or not give $292 million (I believe) toward that rail fantasy.

anythingoes477 · M

@soar2newhighs The $3 billion was a GRANT---not a loan. And the government COMMITTED the rest of the money--already budgeted the rest as a GRANT. Grants are NOT repayable. Loans are repayable---not grants. The money was NEVER a government loan to California to demand repayment of. Just because a con man is trying like hell to steal money from every outstanding military and civil project out there so he can build a few miles of wall to quiet Hannity and Coulter down--don't mean once money is budgeted by CONGRESS for specific purposes that it can be stolen and used for something else...........without congressional approval. Something Trump does NOT have.

soar2newhighs

That may be true, but after 13 years, that "rail fantasy" is in the toilet. The Gov't won't shut down or end because they can't recoup what they want-they'll do it on April 15th!@anythingoes477