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[quote user="spokyone"][quote user="futuremodal"][quote user="Datafever"][quote user="futuremodal"] The problem is the allegation made by Mr. White that, without subsidies, barging would be more expensive than railroading.  If you take away all forms of subsidies from both modes, the fact remains that barging is a lower operating cost method of transit, and that usually results in lower costs to the end users.[/quote]I would presume that barges have to pays fees for each lock that they traverse[/quote]Barge companies pay into a Waterway Trust Fund, from which the federal government gets another deficit buffer.  Currently, barge companies pay more into the fund than what they are getting out if it.[/quote]FM Is this money collected on a fuel tax for all commercial vessels?[/quote]I don't know if it's a fuel tax or just a user fee.  There was a 4.3 cent per gallon tax both barge lines and railroads paid a few years ago for deficit reduction, but that was eliminated.
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