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Re: Romney: ''I'd Get Rid Of Amtrak Subsidy'' |
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Posted by kp5308 on Thu Mar 15 10:05:39 2012, in response to Re: Romney: ''I'd Get Rid Of Amtrak Subsidy'', posted by WillD on Wed Mar 14 23:41:58 2012. Never mind that that push at re-regulation was directly related to the realization that any realistic plan to operate increased passenger service without building dedicated lines was to regulate the freight railroads now using them.You just can't get away from that template can you. Do we need to go over the various attacks from Democrats (2 in particular) on the "price gouging" freight lines? Passenger service has nothing to do with it, except maybe pandering by said freight carriers to these liberal clowns to keep them at bay. This was plainly illustrated by the Norfolk Southern/North Carolina HSR case. You can either have your "cheap" "high speed" (two lies for the price of one!) rail on existing tracks with regulation, or you can buck up and pay for the dedicated lines which will ensure our intercity passenger traffic growth does not come at a cost to our freight railroads. How 'bout reliable, say 80/100MPH passenger service? Oh no, gotta be high speed. Anyway, Government will not "buck up & pay" even if they say they will. The whole deal will be demonized when push comes to shove. Just look at the education/social services/broken whatever template being set up against the CAHSR project. And it ain't all Republicans Will. Of course you can also continue shelling out even more for air and road network improvements to get an ever-decreasing ROI. Yea, networks that are already there & have suffered deferred maintenance for how long? And you wish to add a whole 'nuther mode to maintain? Really? I trust you'd break with your party's platform on that matter. I already have |
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