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They didn't say they were building just the D.C. to Baltimore line and it would be free. They said they would build a New York to D.C. line and they would pay for a small portion of it being the D.C. to Baltimore segment.
I wonder if a Boston to New York line will follow suit, especially considering the strong interconnectedness of the entire Northeast Corridor.
I think we should take them up on their offer. Maglev is incredible and we could definitely use it. Perhaps this could be a mutually beneficial arrangement.
I'm 55 and as a child was duped by this society into believing the US would always be envied by the rest of the world because that was just the way it was meant to be. I feel like we've become about as envied by the rest of the world as the USSR was in 1980 when I read a book about life there.
I'm 55 and as a child was duped by this society into believing the US would always be envied by the rest of the world because that was just the way it was meant to be. I feel like we've become about as envied by the rest of the world as the USSR was when I read a book in 1980 about life there.
We shine in other places as a country.
But I get what you're saying, you're not going to see the streets paved with gold that people expect.
I'm 55 and as a child was duped by this society into believing the US would always be envied by the rest of the world because that was just the way it was meant to be. I feel like we've become about as envied by the rest of the world as the USSR was in 1980 when I read a book about life there.
Much of the world has improved in living standards over the last 50 years. That's why the U.S. is not quite as envied as it used to be. Nonetheless, it's still there.
Oh yes, you are correct. Sony. Panasonic. Hitachi, Sharp, JVC, Toshiba, Pioneer, Sanyo, Mitsubishi Electronics.
And how many American electronics companies sell their products to the global consumer base? Well, besides a certain company named after a tree fruit. Maybe I should throw in a few Korean corporations and we'll see just how pathetic the US export share is on the global scale.
And the Japanese rail system puts the US antiquated, POS Amtrak system to shame. Ditto for the major commercial and passenger airports. In places like Japan and South Korea...you can have heavy spending by governments on infrastructure and allow consumers to buy some electronics crap too. Imagine that. Funny how some nations have a healthy balance of economic policy and then there is the USA. You know, where the money flows upward to Wall Street banks, hedge funds, billionaires and the military/homeland security/surveillance industrial complex.
Love the spending priorities by Americans
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Originally Posted by Drover
Right, people aren't the the least bit interested in consumer electronics in Japan.
Oh yes, you are correct. Sony. Panasonic. Hitachi, Sharp, JVC, Toshiba, Pioneer, Sanyo, Mitsubishi Electronics.
And how many American electronics companies sell their products to the global consumer base? Well, besides a certain company named after a tree fruit. Maybe I should throw in a few Korean corporations and we'll see just how pathetic the US export share is on the global scale.
And the Japanese rail system puts the US antiquated, POS Amtrak system to shame. Ditto for the major commercial and passenger airports. In places like Japan and South Korea...you can have heavy spending by governments on infrastructure and allow consumers to buy some electronics crap too. Imagine that. Funny how some nations have a healthy balance of economic policy and then there is the USA. You know, where the money flows upward to Wall Street banks, hedge funds, billionaires and the military/homeland security/surveillance industrial complex.
Love the spending priorities by Americans
You are in desperate need of a clue. The crony capitalism of the Korean economic system makes Wall Street look like Bailey Savings and Loan. Hyundai and Samsung basically own South Korea. Meanwhile the Japanese economy has been in a two-decade period of economic stagnation and the Japanese government recently devalued the yen in a desperate bid to make exports more attractive. These are the economies you want to model ours after?
If you lived in Korea, you could probably buy a clue from a store owned by Hyundai, built by construction workers who work for Hyundai, using financing from a bank controlled by Hyundai with interest rates set by a government finance minister related to the family that controls a major stake in Hyundai.
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