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Re: No Future MN New Haven Line Service to Penn Station |
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Posted by Broadway Lion on Sun Feb 14 19:10:39 2010, in response to Re: No Future MN New Haven Line Service to Penn Station, posted by WillD on Sun Feb 14 18:18:16 2010. Thus Spake ROARING LION:Giving Money to AMTK is like pouring money in a rat hole. Granted this particular rat hole needs money. HIGH SPEED RAIL had NOTHING to do with AMTK. HSR is in direct competition with AIR TRAVEL It needs to serve corridors presently served by air. It is BEST set up by REGIONAL AUTHORITIES. That is where Federal Encouragement Dollars need to go. GRANTING states the right to build HSR along existing Interstate ROW is a good beginning. GRANTING construction funds to State HSR authorities is another. Waiting for Fedburocrats to build something is preposterous. This will not happen. Abolish the Highway Trust Fund. Stop collecting ANY federal fuel dollars. Stop all federal highway funding and projects. Let states raise fuel taxes to compensate them for the loss of Federal dollars, and LET THEM SPEND THESE TRANSPORTATION DOLLARS and they see the need for them. Some will join together to make HSR a reality. Others will use the money for other transportation projects. Still others will just lower the taxes on fuel thus rebating it to their constituents and will build fewer roadways. ROAR |
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