Off the Tracks

While states are fighting for an ever larger share of the so-called stimulus money, Michigan should be glad it did not receive more than it did for a Detroit-to-Chicago high-speed rail corridor.

Randal O'Toole, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute and an adjunct scholar with the Mackinac Center, explains why in this Detroit Free Press Op-Ed. This is the second time O'Toole has written about this issue for the Free Press since August. The first can be read here. You can also read a review of his recent book, "The Best Laid Plans: How Government Planning Harms Your Quality of Life, Your Pocketbook, and Your Future," here.

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