Not a BART fan Wrote:
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> Well, people always make that comment to "learn
> your history" and say there is only one
> interpretation of history. I have read about
> transportation history. Since the 1950s,
> Government investment in freeways, roads, and
> airports killed the LD passenger trains that the
> railways were very willing to operate. That's
> obvious. Interurbans and trolleys were killed by
> autos and buses which became economical only
> because of government paved highways. Government
> taxed and regulated railways. Railways didn't
> have a chance to survive in the government
> manipulated marketplace.
>
> Back in the 1800s, there was corruption between
> railways and the government, which made them
> powerful.
>
> So government has always affected the marketplace
> the RRs exist in, and what government did
> determined whether RRs would survive or fail.
>
> I don't have experience with big business wasting
> money, but I'm sure you are right.

Poor Mouse, to all of his multiple personalities, everthying is just a part of a vast evil multi generational conspiracy...