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Mookie, like I said earlier, it's totally up to you to spend your money however you wish. <br /> <br />Here's an example from your neighboring state, Kansas, from a report released in Transportation Quarterly in Fall 2003: <br /> <br />If all the short line railroads in the state were abandoned tomorrow, the extra wear-and-tear it would cause to the state's highways, as trucks replace the short-line railroads, would be $57.8 million per year. The fuel tax take from the trucks would increase, because they'd be hauling the freight the short lines used to haul, and burning diesel fuel. The extra take will be just $288,531 a year. Who will be asked to make up the missing $57,511,469? I don't know. Kansas DOT says the only other source is the people who drive cars and pay income taxes, which I guess would be people like you and me. <br /> <br />
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