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Great question - is it possible that the Senate Parliamentarian will save us all from this debacle?

Obama increased the national debt by 68%. George W. Bush increased the debt by 101%, and Ronald Reagan increased it by 186%. I believe that President Obama inherited a particularly tricky set of circumstances from his predecessor, but that doesn't excuse his reckless spending. The most egregious example of this has got to be the "Quantitive Easing" programs authorized under Ben Bernanke's supervision at the Fed. Bottom line though - over the last 50 years, based on percentages, Republican administrations have outspent Democratic ones. The last Republican to not outspend a Democratic successor was Eisenhower.

IIRC, Elon Musk's original white paper had the Southern terminus of the Hyperloop in Victorville. As anyone who lives in LA would know, Victorville is a 2 hour drive if you're lucky. Do you plan to extend the Southern terminus South to some place that is central and already serviced by public transit, such as Union Station?