Why not give everyone a car? The Bullet train has a $45,000,000,000 price tag. You could give away 2.2 million cars for that price.
************************************************* Barack Obama is not My President http://www.cafepress.com/rightwingmike --- On Thu, 11/6/08, Stephen Russell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Stephen Russell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [OT] Idiot Californians approve Bullet Train development > To: "ProFox Email List" <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, November 6, 2008, 10:57 AM > On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 8:40 AM, Larry Miller > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If they were economically viable, why would it always > take so much public (read non-riding taxpayers) investment. > If they charged what the ride really cost, it's doubtful > there would be nearly as many riders. So, why should I pay > for someone else to get transportation that does not help > me. > > > > Please don't go into the environmental whacko > stuff about this 'investment' takes cars off the > road. That is just a smoke screen. Why should we subsidize > transportation for some? > ----------------------------------------------- > > Rails take the demand out of more freeway building. This > is a very > big thing. > > I have taken rail service for all my Europe travel over the > past 23 > years. I have commuted in the metro NY area as well via > rail. Trains > are expensive but in the end they are worth it. > > If you put your mileage rate next to the rail ticket price > you would > find that your paying a lot more for mileage within your > company if > rail was available. > > Rail takes drunks off the road going to Vegas, or maybe > back as well. > > Considering that these are high speed trains your commute > time is > going to be about 1.5 X the air time for a flight, so you > will get > there faster. What is wrong with that? > > The seats for these first riders will be like flying first > class in > that they won't buy them in the initial purchase and > fill in on routes > that need them. > > I have taken the train from Memphis to New Orleans and it > is great to > not have to do the drive. If there was one to Knoxville > I'd take it. > > > > > > -- > Stephen Russell > Sr. Production Systems Programmer > Mimeo.com > Memphis TN > > 901.246-0159 > > > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: [email protected] > Subscription Maintenance: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox > OT-free version of this list: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech > Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox > This message: > http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are > the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or > medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for > those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious. _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
