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Compare this overall bill to the total amount of public and private money spent on interstate highways, bridges, interchanges, rolling stock (aka automobiles) etc in the United States.

By back of the envelope math the comparison seems to favor China. It's not even close.

Obviously also has roads bridges etc. But with a functioning train network you can build far fewer of them compared to America.




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