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China is investing $100 billion in high-speed rail this year. How much is the US spending?

via photoblog.msnbc.msn.com   In 2010, the US will spend over $660 billion on military operations. Meanwhile, it took a once-in-a-lifetime depression and stimulus bill to get the US to pony up a mere $8 billion for high speed rail. Mind you, that money is not even going to be spent in one year. In fact