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Article #13015Re: Route 81 - railroad
From: Eric Pawtowski
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 00:00
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 00:00
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>Douglas White <douglas.white@nist.gov> writes: > > Support railroad funding. . . . > >"Railroad funding"? > >Are you of the opinion that the Federal government should pay for >everything? As in Cuba under Fidel Castro, which has become an economic >basket-case? > Last time I checked, railroads are about the *least* subidized form of material transport. (I'm not counting Amtrak's passenger service). They pay for far more of their infrastructure than cars,trucks, and aircraft do, and they don't require much in the way of police and regulatory oversight. Eric
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1011e5,d51225d01e68264c X-Google-Attributes: gid1011e5,public X-Google-Thread: fb785,d51225d01e68264c X-Google-Attributes: gidfb785,public X-Google-Thread: 101049,d51225d01e68264c X-Google-Attributes: gid101049,public From: epawtows@elfie.perspex.com (Eric Pawtowski) Subject: Re: Route 81 - railroad Date: 1999/02/17 Message-ID: <7adjg8$89$1@solaris.cc.vt.edu> X-Deja-AN: 445213164 References: <36931C18.7BC4@ix.netcom.com> <3695057A.F3E@ix.netcom.com> <369CDA4F.D68FD157@nist.gov> <resch.916532608@millkern.com> X-Complaints-To: abuse@vt.edu X-Trace: solaris.cc.vt.edu 919228744 265 12.5.16.121 (17 Feb 1999 05:19:04 GMT) Organization: Elfie NNTP-Posting-Date: 17 Feb 1999 05:19:04 GMT Newsgroups: dc.driving,dc.general,va.general