According to The Economist, the U.S. has the best freight rail system in the world, and high-speed passenger trains could ruin it.

It is too bad that romanticism about trains makes people loopy when they advocate for increased public funding of passenger rail. Passenger rail doesn’t work in America, and it’s about time we quit trying, instead of the Administration flushing billions down the toilet. Personally, I wish that we could just buy rail advocates Railworks Train Simulator and they can enjoy the romance of trains for their homes and not burden taxpayers with the outsized cost of their schemes.