The_AT0 op-ed_NN1 on_PRP high-speed_AJ0 rail_NN1 by_PRP Ray_NP0 LaHood_NP0 ,_PUN Anthony_NP0 Foxx_NP0 and_CJC Norman_NP0 Mineta_NP0 brought_VVD bitterly_AV0 to_PRP my_DPS mind_NN1 the_AT0 extravagant_AJ0 promises_NN2 in_PRP the_AT0 2010s_CRD for_PRP much_DT0 faster_AJC trains_NN2 between_PRP Chicago_NP0 and_CJC St._NP0 Louis_NP0 ._SENT For_PRP an_AT0 investment_NN1 of_PRF nearly_AV0 $_NN0 2_CRD billion_CRD from_PRP taxpayers_NN2 ,_PUN people_NN0 would_VM0 be_VBI able_AJ0 to_TO0 ride_VVI on_PRP Amtrak_NN1 trains_NN2 averaging_VVG 110_CRD mph_NN0 ._SENT All_DT0 that_DT0 money_NN1 was_VBD spent_VVN ,_PUN but_CJC to_PRP whose_DTQ benefit_NN1 ?_SENT The_AT0 municipalities_NN2 that_CJT got_VVD new_AJ0 Amtrak_NN1 stations_NN2 ,_PUN such_DT0 as_CJS Normal_AJ0 ,_PUN Illinois_NP0 ,_PUN and_CJC the_AT0 corporations_NN2 that_CJT own_DT0 the_AT0 tracks_NN2 on_PRP which_DTQ Amtrak_NP0 runs_VVZ its_DPS passenger_NN1 trains_NN2 saw_VVD roadbeds_NN2 vastly_AV0 improved_VVN ._SENT But_CJC the_AT0 passenger_NN1 trains_VVZ themselves_PNX still_AV0 go_VVB no_AT0 faster_AJC than_CJS 79_CRD mph_NN0 ._SENT In_PRP a_AT0 larger_AJC sense_NN1 ,_PUN this_DT0 expensive_AJ0 effort_NN1 was_VBD foredoomed_AJ0 ._SENT The_AT0 op-ed_AJ0 writers_NN2 laud_VVB France_NP0 and_CJC China_NP0 for_PRP their_DPS remarkable_AJ0 achievements_NN2 in_PRP high-speed_AJ0 passenger_NN1 rail_NN1 while_CJS advising_VVG that_CJT the_AT0 U.S._NP0 launch_NN1 a_AT0 huge_AJ0 program_NN1 of_PRF its_DPS own_DT0 ._SENT But_CJC the_AT0 obstacle_NN1 in_PRP the_AT0 way_NN1 ,_PUN the_AT0 derailment_NN1 as_CJS it_PNP were_VBD ,_PUN is_VBZ that_CJT those_DT0 two_CRD nations_NN2 have_VHB nationalized_AJ0 railroads_NN2 ,_PUN while_CJS the_AT0 U.S._NP0 does_VDZ not_XX0 —_PUN nor_CJC will_VM0 it_PNP ever_AV0 if_CJS Republicans_NN2 in_PRP Congress_NN1 or_CJC the_AT0 White_AJ0 House_NN1 continue_VVB to_TO0 have_VHI their_DPS way_NN1 ._SENT In_PRP China_NP0 and_CJC France_NP0 ,_PUN the_AT0 rails_NN2 are_VBB for_PRP the_AT0 people_NN0 ._SENT In_PRP the_AT0 U.S._NP0 ,_PUN the_AT0 rails_NN2 are_VBB for_PRP the_AT0 thousand_CRD slow_AJ0 freights_NN2 per_PRP day_NN1 whose_DTQ dispatchers_NN2 give_VVB them_PNP right_AJ0 of_PRF way_NN1 ,_PUN and_CJC Amtrak_NP0 gets_VVZ later_AJC and_CJC later_AJC ._SENT 
