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Alexander, I like trains a lot myself. I may take my family on a train vacation in a year or two. But I don't expect anyone to pay a portion of my expenses when I do go. I have known for a while that we do pay for the airports, that is we all pay for them whether we fly or not. I only fly when my company sends me somewhere. I don't have a problem with a municipality (sp?) that elects to build a regional airport. I just don't think federal dollars should go to airports. My reasoning is that airports benifit the community, not the nation. National defense benifits the nation. Highway users pay for their use of the highway. However, there is a legitimate debate regarding the portion of highway costs carried by cars vs trucks. I have been told that the trucks don't pay their share and I am inclined to believe that. BTW, the day is rapidly approaching when the government will tax us an additional amount for our interstate highway usage. Many places have special electronic toll collections to reduce congestion at toll plazas. This same technology will be used in the future to measure our highway usage and taxes will be collected soon after. I think we agree that labor costs will have to be addressed if trains are going to compete for passenger travel. Another problem is that these trains are going to have to run at near capacity. This is going to require both a competitive price and quality marketing. I don't expect to see either soon. I did see a good advertisement yesterday for the freight railroads. I wouldn't have thought they would need to advertise. Nice chatting you up - Ed
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