r/BeAmazed • u/zzill6 • Sep 02 '25

Technology Reporter left speechless after witnessing Japan's new $70 million Maglev train in action at 310 mph

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u/BatPsychological9999 Sep 02 '25

Why can’t we have nice things

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u/supergrover11 Sep 02 '25

The detention center, "Alligator Alcatraz," is estimated to cost Florida taxpayers about $218,000,000 in initial investments, with the state having signed over $245,000,000 in contracts for building and operations as of late July.

I believe it now sits empty and is being closed. It will cost about 15 million to close up the facility. It was open for about 60 days. That is about $8,000,000 a day. It served 900 inmates. So, it cost $531,000 per inmate FOR JUST 60 DAYS.

This is why we can’t have nice things. Because we could have had 7 of these trains for what that detention center cost.

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u/MyCrackpotTheories Sep 03 '25

Keep in mind, too, that all those millions went into the pockets of well-connected businessmen. There's lots of profit in government contracts.

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u/PutComprehensive2164 Sep 05 '25

No thought as to WHY we have to build illegal alien detention centers. Send the bill to open border Democrats who ruined the country.  

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '25

Fuckers. We need more Luigis.

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u/DelcoPAMan Sep 02 '25

But they have to show "duh illegals" we're the boss. Meanwhile the rich who hired them because they'll work for less and under worse conditions than American citizens get off scot-free. No jail, no companies and assets seized, nothing. Same for them hard-working small business contractors who hire them in Home Depot parking lots. They know they're untouchable.

Only the people who actually work in fields, clean dishes and dirty casino hotel rooms etc. pay a price. Just like them Irish and Eye-talians did for daring to come here for jobs and a new life, and we're murdered for it.

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u/Fluid-Tip-5964 Sep 03 '25

Can we put the illegals to work building high-speed rail? Win-win?

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u/CV90_120 Sep 03 '25

So, it cost $531,000 per inmate

It would have been cheaper to give them 500K each on the condition they never come back. Hell I would have taken that.

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u/Mute2120 Sep 03 '25

But then they wouldn't get to imprison them for life without trial.

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u/RolloTonyBrownTown Sep 03 '25

How are all the grifters gonna make money off that approach?

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u/Hagleboz Sep 03 '25

They already accomplished their goals. PR stunt to wow their dimwitted base and then friends, family and sycophant collaborators get to pocket the rest of the cash. Wash, rinse repeat.

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '25

The train isn't the problem. It's laying the track.

The California HSR line is projected to cost over $200 million dollars per mile.

Also, those contracts are contingent upon actual construction approval, which was rescinded. And while 214 million has been 'allocated' that doesn't mean it has been spent. Like when the Biden administration allocated 42 billion for broadband internet expansion but virtually none has actually been used. So all this talk about Florida losing hundreds of millions is over a whole lot of nothing.

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u/general---nuisance Sep 03 '25

California has spent $15 billion so far on High-Speed Rail and not a foot of track has been laid yet.

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u/CranberryLast4683 Sep 03 '25

A foot+ of track has already been laid.

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '25

Whoop de do

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u/supergrover11 Sep 03 '25

This is a most regrettable fact. I have been lucky enough to spend some time Eurailing about with my wife after college. Would be amazing to have a rail system like that in the USA. But short of a national public’s work project I do not see it happening. Pity.

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '25

It’s a fact that you conv ignored when you disingenuously and in bad faith argued “we could have had 7 of those trains for what those cost”

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u/supergrover11 Sep 03 '25

If each train costs $70 million then we could in fact have purchased 7. Would this solve the high speed rail debacle in CA? No it would not.

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u/Humble-Violinist6910 Sep 03 '25

But… but… I thought they were fiscal conservatives? The party of small government?? Gosh, I thought they wanted to decrease the national debt! 

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u/PutComprehensive2164 Sep 05 '25

It a shame we have to spend so much to clean  up Biden era problems.  Open borders, 40 year high inflation, 2 wars started, falling down, wandering, mumbling.  Where's the apology from all those who voted for  Biden ?

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u/JoshDM Sep 03 '25

FLORIDA VOTED FOR A MONORAIL FROM SOUTH FLORIDA TO ORLANDO AND NEVER GOT IT.

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u/chrisqc01 Sep 03 '25

Sorry but the Numbers in the post are wrong . This train cost 70 billions , not millions

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u/Current-Wealth-756 Sep 03 '25

No way are you building a maglev train route for half a billion dollars anywhere, let alone 7 of them

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u/siliconsmiley Sep 03 '25

Oof. I'm pulling that reporter's face trying to figure out how they did this for $70M. America is so dead.

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u/Outrageous-Pilot-621 Sep 03 '25

wait, are they closing alligator alcatraz? what happened?

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u/InternationalPut4093 Sep 03 '25

The contractors got paid. Guess who they are linked to. The politicians.

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '25

lol California spent $15b and no trains. Soooo, no. These alligator Alcatraz is not the problem