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I Can Only Hope You're Joking
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Date: 04-19-2022 - 15:20
> PennDude Wrote:
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> Name one thing the government has their hands in that’s not all screwed up ! You can’t !!
> Public universities
I can only hope you're joking. Our current higher education system functions solely as a rip off to students as it turns them into communists. Watch these videos and maybe you'll wake up and smell the coffee:
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> Public libraries
Yeah, without taxpayer-subsidized public libraries, where else would "Drag Queen Story Hour" be able to conduct their performances?
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> National Parks
Like Amtrak, that may hold true only as long as they're properly funded. Right now they're looking a little threadbare and worn around the edges. And a lot of their services have been sub-contracted out to private companies. Xanterra and Deleware North come to mind. Why is that?
> State Parks (Valley of Fire (NV) and Letchworth (NY) state parks are true gems
Only until the first fiscal crisis comes along and then their funding is slashed.
> Cumbres & Toltec Railroad
Only as long as NM and CO can agree on who's going to pay for what. I remember a time not too long ago when the CATS was down to one operable steam locomotive.
> Conrail (per my previous post).
A lot can happen when the taxpayer is paying for stuff. But a lot of the benefits in physical plant that Conrail enjoyed were paid for by private enterprise. Avon and Selkirk Yards are good examples.
> As for Amtrak and Northeastern commuter railroad authorities, they are vastly better than much of Penn Central passenger rail service.
That's because they had, and have, a much deeper pocket to dip into. It's an unfair comparison. Let's see how far private enterprise can go if it, too, can dip into the taxpayer's pockets as frequently as government operations do.
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> Name one thing the government has their hands in that’s not all screwed up ! You can’t !!
> Public universities
I can only hope you're joking. Our current higher education system functions solely as a rip off to students as it turns them into communists. Watch these videos and maybe you'll wake up and smell the coffee:
[youtu.be]
[youtu.be]
[youtu.be]
[youtu.be]
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[video.foxnews.com]
[video.foxnews.com]
[video.foxnews.com]
[video.foxnews.com]
> Public libraries
Yeah, without taxpayer-subsidized public libraries, where else would "Drag Queen Story Hour" be able to conduct their performances?
[www1.cbn.com]
[www1.cbn.com]
> National Parks
Like Amtrak, that may hold true only as long as they're properly funded. Right now they're looking a little threadbare and worn around the edges. And a lot of their services have been sub-contracted out to private companies. Xanterra and Deleware North come to mind. Why is that?
> State Parks (Valley of Fire (NV) and Letchworth (NY) state parks are true gems
Only until the first fiscal crisis comes along and then their funding is slashed.
> Cumbres & Toltec Railroad
Only as long as NM and CO can agree on who's going to pay for what. I remember a time not too long ago when the CATS was down to one operable steam locomotive.
> Conrail (per my previous post).
A lot can happen when the taxpayer is paying for stuff. But a lot of the benefits in physical plant that Conrail enjoyed were paid for by private enterprise. Avon and Selkirk Yards are good examples.
> As for Amtrak and Northeastern commuter railroad authorities, they are vastly better than much of Penn Central passenger rail service.
That's because they had, and have, a much deeper pocket to dip into. It's an unfair comparison. Let's see how far private enterprise can go if it, too, can dip into the taxpayer's pockets as frequently as government operations do.
