i agree with your model for mass transit, max. i would definitely prefer our tax revenues subsidized cheap and rapid alternative transportation from ranging from electric jitneys to intercontinental bullet trains, rather than wars. anyone using vehicles that pollute should pay a tax to clean up their toxic waste. jlm
That's certainly not a bad plan. The way to keep this from hurting the poor is to make sure that most, if not all, of the taxes went directly to regional mass transit efforts. I also think that this country would do well to start moving some of the major interstate funds back into encouraging reliable interstate mass transit passenger travel. It's still remarkable to me how we sold one of the most prized passenger rail networks in the world to bankrupt frauds... I keep saying that maybe it's about time we took back the inner-city "commercial" rail lines for public use as easy right of ways for more modern passenger light rail systems... There's just so much that could be done to benefit transportation, and yet right now legislators are still just thinking inside the "interstate roads for masses of congested automobiles" box. Remind me sometime to talk about my crazy idea for air travel... --Max Battcher-- http://www.worldmaker.net/ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Don't get soaked. Take a quick peak at the forecast with the Yahoo! Search weather shortcut. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/#loc_weather _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
