Re: Who should pay to have PTS done?
Author: mook
Date: 09-12-2015 - 18:27
I agree with you.
Safety regulation is a cost of doing business, which is required in the interest of public health and safety (and sometimes the safety of its workers). It is not a taking of anything that would or should trigger a need for public funding.
Requiring payment (and funding capacity improvements) for running Amtrak and other passenger trains is appropriate, under contract law, the Amtrak legislation, and very arguably takings law. It's use of private property for a public purpose. But that's not what we're talking about here.