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Wisconsin High-Speed Rail Negative Table of Contents 1NC Frontline 2-7 Answers and Extensions High Speed Rail Hurts Economic Growth 8-9 High Speed Rail Jobs Aren’t Permanent 10 Federal Deficits Hurt Economic Growth 11 Status Quo Solves 12 High-Speed Rail 1NC Frontline (1/6) 1. Turn: The cost of high-speed rail is too high and would lead to massive budget deficits A. High-speed rail would contribute significantly to the national debt, would be a burden on tax-payers, and would stall national economic growth. Cox, January 31, 2011 [Wendell, principal of Demographia, an international public-policy consultancy in St. Louis. “High-Speed Rail, Budget Buster”, /articles/258417/high-speed-rail-budget-buster-wendell-cox] If the nation is going to reduce its out-of-control spending, the first step is to stop spending money on things we do not need. Despite President Obama’s call in his State of the Union speech for linking?80 percent of the nation by high-speed rail, it is hard to imagine a more unnecessary program. For example, people who travel between Los Angeles and San Francisco — along the route planned for one of the nation’s first high-speed-rail projects — already have choices. They can fly, drive, take the bus, or travel by train. True, some would prefer to tax their fellow citizens so that they can have another choice, high-speed rail. But indulging this desire would be as legitimate as funding government grocery stores for people who prefer not to shop at their local grocery chains. Among intercity transport modes, only Amtrak is materially subsidized. User fees pay virtually all the costs of airlines and airports, which (together with connecting ground transportation) link any two points in the nation within a day. The intercity highway system goes everywhere, and nearly all of it was built with user fees paid by drivers, truckers, and bus companies. High-speed rail is a budget buster. Japan, with the world’s leading system, illustrates the financial