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Ed: i didn't have time to read all the response in this category so if i'm repeating someone else i'm sorry. you state that trucks ride on roads provided by taxpayers and this to a large extent is true. however, most of the big railroads that have been around since the 1800's were constructed using land grants from the federal government. for every mile of track completed the rr's were given sections of land to help compensate for their massive outlay of money. the union pacific, central pacific etc. only hill's great northern (of the major trascons) was constructed from private funds with no land grants. the rr's benfitted greatly from this. the lands at the time were largely unpopulated so the rr's recruited peoplr from all over the world to come to these lands. additionally the rr's retained some of the best parcels for their own usage. to say that all rr's built out of their own pockets is not true. yes it is true that the rr's populated a large portion of this great country but some of them profitted from this adventure and some profitted illegally from it. read up on the credit mobiler scandal of the 1870's and see how the rr's caused all kinds of bank trouble and almost brought the country to it's knees. also, truckers do pay road usage taxes on every mile they run. most of this money comes from fuel taxes on diesel. rr's do not pay road use taxes on the fuel they use. by the way i have been in trucking for 30 years and have been a rr fan since i was a kid. <br />vincent <br />
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