Los Angeles once had America’s best transit system. Now, its Metro can’t keep up with traffic. While New York’s subway connects a dense city, LA’s sprawl makes centralized rail impractical. Taxpayers pour money into a system that serves politicians’ egos, not hardworking commuters.
The city’s rail lines all funnel into downtown like New York’s subway. But LA isn’t Manhattan. Families live miles apart, needing cars for groceries, schools, and jobs. Government planners ignored reality, wasting billions on a system that’s slower than driving. That’s your hard-earned dollars down the drain.
Former Metro officials admit the design is broken. They want “local connections” instead of downtown hubs. But after decades of failure, why should conservatives trust these bureaucrats? Every “fix” demands more funding and years of construction. Meanwhile, traffic gets worse.
Building new rail lines today faces endless red tape. Environmental reviews, lawsuits, and union demands drag projects out. A simple extension takes 20 years. In the private sector, this incompetence would get you fired. In government, it gets you a promotion.
New York’s subway works because people live stacked on top of each other. LA’s freedom-loving families want yards and space. The left’s obsession with trains clashes with American values of choice and independence. They’d rather force you into crowded rail cars than fix roads.
Ridership keeps dropping as crime and homelessness plague stations. Parents won’t put their kids on trains filled with drug use and disorder. Law-abiding citizens avoid the Metro, choosing safe cars over liberal-run chaos.
Real solutions need common sense, not pie-in-the-sky rail dreams. Improve buses, expand highways, and cut regulations for ride shares. Let innovation thrive without government meddling. But LA’s leaders keep pushing the same failed ideas to please special interests.
The Metro debacle shows big government’s incompetence. Throwing money at problems won’t fix bad design. Until politicians respect taxpayers and reality, LA’s traffic will keep winning.
