Re: HSR
Author: Observer
Date: 03-19-2013 - 16:01
Where's his thumb? Wrote:
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> Moonbeam I stated "Lincoln built the
> transcontinental railroad during the Civil
> War....".
> What he forgot to mention that it was shoddily
> built, went bankrupt, was used as front for
> politicians and their rich friends to bilk
> investors.
Maybe true, but, think of all the places that exist today because of this policy... Cheyenne, Denver, Salt Lake City, and all places in between. A slew of people exist today because of Lincoln's railroad effort.