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They will soon approach spending ONE BILLION DOLLARS for only environmental impact studies.
*LOL*
Something else railroads of old didn't bother with; now if the proposed ROW goes near or even *gasp* over the nesting site for the "Yellow and White Ruby Throated Prairie Chicken", all bets are off..
Conservatives have a really weird hangup about trains. They love cars, trucks and airplanes -- but hate train travel. It's very, very odd.
Trains and their associated support network rarely provide any real ROI from a capital investment perspective. That is why they are usually subsidized or built entirely by the Government who is in the position to decide what is in the public interest.
Conservatives have a really weird hangup about trains. They love cars, trucks and airplanes -- but hate train travel. It's very, very odd.
Nonsense. Trains are great and conservatives don't "hate trains".
What they hate are wasteful boondoggle projects like this that will never pay for themselves or be profitable. It will be subsidized forever.
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