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lib2DaBone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-05-08 09:14 AM Original message |
$700 Billion Could Completely Rebuild The US Passenger Rail System |
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lostnotforgotten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-05-08 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
1. Most American Would Love The TGV - Fast, Smooth, Comfortable |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-05-08 09:25 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Subtract the time you spend in the airport getting searched & hassled, |
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unhappycamper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-05-08 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
2. $700 billion could also fund the military for another year. n/t |
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lib2DaBone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-05-08 12:36 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Yes, Ike was right.. if the Military Industrial complex |
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jtrockville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-05-08 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
3. Hell, I'd settle for reasonable prices on AMTRAK |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-05-08 09:28 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Because we have a 19th-century rail infrastructure & pay private RRs to rent it.. |
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Sal Minella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-05-08 09:47 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Because the Big Oil Boys love airplanes (use lots of gas) and hate AmTrak (very fuel-efficient) so |
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scarface2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-05-08 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
6. if they could give me a small piece say $5000000 |
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