High-Speed Rail in the US: why the hell not

[Tonitrus]

It's easy to build a massive, high-speed rail-transport structure when:

- You don't have to worry about acquiring right-of-ways from private property owners, related legal issues, etc.
- You don't have to deal with labor unions, high labor wages, worker's benefits, etc.
- You don't have to worry about environmental-impact studies, environmentalist lobbies, protests, etc.
- You don't have to deal with extensive government contract and construction bidding processes
- Etc.