Why cant usa get their act together on bullet trains to go across this country?

You have to remember how big the USA is. About 3.8 million square miles. With only 321 million people to pay for these bullet trains. (They will need new tracks so they don't run into slow trains) Compare this to Japan, which has only 146,000 square miles and  about 127 million people. The length of the tracks in Japan is extremely small compared to what USA would need, and more people would use it. How many people would travel on train from say Huston to Las Angeles every day? Enough to pay for all the tracks etc?

And China has them also, but much larger population to travel on them, Plus I don't believe they have the highways the US has and must maintain.

It's not politically needed right now. When it's needed the government, public, investors and our grandpa, will find the MONEY.

Each state I have been in seems to want one. Here in Florida there has been talk for decades to a put triangular one in between Miami and Orlando and Tampa. There is never enough funding and every time the state thought it qualified for a federal grant the federal DOT backs out. 

Interstate rail transport is private industry and bullet trains are really expensive, Otis. There is a major issue of return on investment. 

State govt's don't have the cash, and the US Govt won't pursue it because it doesn't involve oil, weapons or political ideology.

Our Governor here in California has been pushing for one for years but just doesn't have the support or money it would take to build it. He's kept our budget in line but there just isn't enough money because it's needed elsewhere.

I think the act is not divided! It is together! I assume this could be about priorities and setting up levels. And maybe most of the officials across the states and federal gov carrying this idea that right now is not the the moment to put the time and effort for this factor. (just a random thought)

No country is issue free, therefore, we have our own and i can say the main focus is else where specially in order of money.  It could not be a big deal, but it all depends on how we define the plans.

Recently in an update of world ranks, our country named 4th. I can tell it could be mostly because extra issues we have faced in the past twenty years. And some lacks which is here and there in our systems. Besides,around six millions poor living families across the country that ending up with issues such as sex traffic which is horrible. The fund must be spend at such matters first.

And this is the reason why some recent choices of government really makes me angry, i'm not into details of course but it doesn't make sense by any cost! We should spend our money inside our country instead giving billions-billions to the rest of the world.