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Re: Route 81 - railroad

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From: Douglas White
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 00:00
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Okay, I'll admit to the domain, but I'm not a zombie (yet). :-)

In my completely unofficial opinion...
no, the gov't shouldn't pay for everything. And as far as transportation goes,

I'd just like to see the field levelled. All the funding and bias toward
airline
and highway completely eclipses the (IMHO) equally important railroad
infrastructure.

Greg Resch wrote:

> 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?
>
> --
> Oh.  Now I see his domain.
>
> He not only thinks the government should pay for everything; he thinks the
> government should *be* everything!
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From: Douglas White <douglas.white@nist.gov>
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Date: 1999/01/20
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