claim: the stimulus bill includes "$8 billion for high-speed rail projects, such as a 'magnetic levitation' line from las vegas to disneyland."
author: bobby jindal
evidence_1: feb 24, 2009 ... a widely repeated claim that $8 billion is set aside for a "levitating train" to  disneyland is untrue. that total is for unspecified high-speed rail projects, and  some of it may or may not end up going to a proposed 300-mph "maglev" train  connecting anaheim, calif., with las vegas. there's no money in the bill ...
evidence_2: feb 24, 2009 ... while some of the projects in the bill make sense, their legislation is larded with  wasteful spending. it includes $300 million to buy new cars for the government,  $8 billion for high-speed rail projects, such as a "magnetic levitation" line from  las vegas to disneyland, and $140 million for something called ...
evidence_3: apr 20, 2009 ... earlier this month obama announced $8 billion in stimulus funds — and a  request for $5 billion more over five years — toward high-speed rail projects. the  government has identified 10 corridors across the country that could potentially  receive funding, from a los angeles-san francisco line to a route ...
evidence_4: feb 25, 2009 ... judging from a scan of memeorandum and my rss feed, quite literally everyone  writing about bobby jindal's national coming out party, his republican response  to obama's non-state of the union address, thought it was an epic fail. indeed,  seemingly everyone came to the independent conclusion that his ...
evidence_5: mar 24, 2009 ... ... in the government's stimulus package. “while some of the projects in the bill  make sense, their legislation is larded with wasteful spending and includes $300- million to buy new cars for the government, $8-billion for high speed rail projects,  such as a magnetic levitation line from las vegas to disneyland, ...