For Texans - what's the status on the Nafta Highway (Trans Texas Corridor)...?

Question

Last I heard, things were on hold.

Answer 1

The last I heard it was meeting stiff resistance.

Lak. Do you just come on here to spew disinformation?

Answer 2

The powers that be seem to have dictated that this will go through. Texans are outraged, but really have no idea who is behind it. I have read reports that range from, "construction underway" to "there is no such thing." Every level and branch of government denies responsibility or complicity, yet it does seem underway in my opinion. It looks like a government land grab, a surrender of sovereignty and a multi-national sellout. I have also read that a Spanish company has purchased the rights to toll-roads that will make up the corridor, while the land will be stripped from citizens under eminent domain. I cannot even begin to contemplate the environmental damage, the displacement of landowners and the sheer ugliness of the whole affair. I think I am starting to smell the foul odor of a state income tax.

http://www.nwotruth.com/lou-dobbs-pon-pa...

Sounds like our neighbors in Indiana have at least pinned-down some politicos and judges, but face the same BS pouring out of their deceitful sell-out mouths: It is going to happen no matter the cost in terms of taxpayer dollars, land, air, noise, wildlife, etc. I am awfully disgusted. Free markets and open trade require no government involvement. As a matter of fact, free markets require quite the opposite. When governments or agencies incent or disincent trade, whether by no-bid contract awards, licensing approvals, communications licensing or auctions, etc, it only serves to tamper with what would naturally happen in the markets. It also serves as effective ownership by the state. This is true of any industry whether it be banking, healthcare, communications, transportation, energy or any other. The US hasn't given free markets a chance since the time of Alexander Hamilton. Just because, at times, we have had freer markets than most nations, does not mean we have been free. Markets are natural and will move as supply and demand warrants. They are also amoral. That means that we must make decisions, as consumers, that can make or break those with which we choose or do not choose to patronize. We have little choice about what a standing government decides. You have a choice with any discretionary income. Choose wisely, because if enough of us, at the margin, are on the same page, then we control the demand side of the equation. It is one of the few freedoms that we still somewhat have, and I am going to use every last ounce of mine.

Tu Ne Cede Malis!

Answer 3

Thats a very good question dear. These other ding bats should read the USA today paper. It must be easy to sleep when your ignorant, huh guys.

Answer 4

Dee, the posters are way too harsh.  This was an Idea our now sitting Governor Good Hair pushed - a mile wide strip running from Mexico to the Oklahoma border for rail and highway traffic dedicated solely to moving stuff to and from Mexico and Oklahoma.   The land would be forcefully acquired thru eminent domain.  I have a friend whose family farm lies right in its path.  He opposed and still opposed the deal.  As a matter of fact, it was received so negatively in Texas, that no one mentions it any more.