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Re: What happened with California HSR?
Author: Freericks
Date: 11-05-2008 - 11:04
Mike Stimpson Wrote:
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> Sure they are. But we used to operate some fairly
> fast trains that got people to places quite
> nicely. We quit doing it, though, because they
> lost too much money. And I think that was
> Espee99's point - SNCF got it built, and it hauls
> people nicely, but wow did it ever cost a lot of
> money to do.
Ah... there's the rub. You get what you pay for. But that's what this election was about. Democracy in action. The people chosing to pay for it.
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> Sure they are. But we used to operate some fairly
> fast trains that got people to places quite
> nicely. We quit doing it, though, because they
> lost too much money. And I think that was
> Espee99's point - SNCF got it built, and it hauls
> people nicely, but wow did it ever cost a lot of
> money to do.
Ah... there's the rub. You get what you pay for. But that's what this election was about. Democracy in action. The people chosing to pay for it.
