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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by gabe [br ]Ifs of late, it seems to me that some of the more ambitious Amtrak projects have had a great deal of State involvement. That is never going to happen in Indiana. Indiana hates to spend money. I love Hoosiers; but, if "penny wise and pound foolish" ever applied to a group of voters it is them. [/quote] Gabe, One thing I've noticed, the committment to rail is much less in rural, farm states. IND is a very big farm state, like Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and the Dakotas. Those people don't see much use - or haven't been exposed to - for rail or any kind of transportation other than highways. Government spending on anything other than the basics is considered evil. They seem to think private enterprise is the answer for everything. When in fact, governmental investments in infrastructure, be it air, highway, sewer, water, electricity, education, etc., is what helps private industry expand and grow. I say this having grown up in one of those farm states.
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