by wigwagfan
electricron wrote:Here is the latest 2019 report from WDOT, you might find it an interesting read.Microsoft isn't interested in spending its own money - after all, it has the money, itself, to build the proposed HSR line. Why isn't it just doing it?
2020 This $895,000 study was funded by approximate equal contributions from Washington, Oregon, British Columbia and Microsoft Corp...Did you catch that Microsoft is pushing for the HSR train with its own money?
Also, when Microsoft can't see fit to pay its fair share of taxes but now wants taxpayers to foot a luxury transportation mode for its workers...yeah, they can go pound sand. I'm waiting for Boeing to shut itself out of Washington considering that the state government seems to have no love at all for the one company that puts the entire Puget Sound region on the map.
https://www.seattletimes.com/business/m ... -15-years/