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<p>[quote user="Convicted One"]</p> <p> <blockquote> <div><img src="/TRCCS/Themes/trc/images/icon-quote.gif" /> <strong>Bucyrus:</strong></div> <div></div> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12pt;mso-fareast-font-family:'Times New Roman';mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes;"> </span>You could just as well have the government just pay the freight railroads to provide a good quality passenger service rather than give them a tax break.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes;"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes;"></span></span></p> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <p> </p> </blockquote> </p> <p> </p> <p>It's always been my impression that it's easier for government to forgo revenue, than it is for them to assemble funding. When you are putting together a funding package, everyone wants to stir the pot, whereas with the alternative the majority will leave well enough alone so long as their own sacred cows are not impacted. <img src="/TRCCS/emoticons/icon_smile_2cents.gif" alt="My 2 Cents" /></p> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <p>[/quote]</p> <p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">I know what you mean, but times are changing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have just recently learned that every tax that does not exist amounts to government spending.</span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span> </span></span></p>
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