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Eric Pawtowski wrote in message <7adjg8$89$1@solaris.cc.vt.edu>...
>>Douglas White <douglas.white@nist.gov> writes:
>> > Support railroad funding. . . .
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>>"Railroad funding"?
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>>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.

There are few (if any) taxes on railroad specific operations.   Railroads
don't pay $.20/.30  per gal in tax on fuel.   Railroad passenger don't pay a
"security fee" to get on the train.

Road transporation pays its share through extra taxes.  To imply that a tax
paid road is an economic subsidy is nonsense.   The cost accounting may not
be perfect (revenues generated by a road section may not equal expenditures)
but the gas tax road building system ends up with a government surplus.

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