On the other hand there is reason for optimisim.

Feds approve $171M loan for San Francisco transit hub.
And so it begins... Thousands of jobs in construction,
and thousands more for the system.

Add to that a high-speed rail system for California.
Which will employ another 140,000 when the
project is finish.

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