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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by PNWRMNM</i> <br /><br />All, <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Second, if the idea is to get more dollars into the plant, I do not see how open access will do it. <br /> <br /> <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />Well, *there* you go. the whole idea is just a veiled nutshell game to get taxpayers to subsidize rail plant maintenance. <br /> <br />If such a plan were put in effect, you would either charge enough for each use to cover the cost of proper overall maintenance, or you wouldn't. <br /> <br />Anytime the latter happened to be the case, it's pretty obvious who would get stuck with the bill. <br /> <br />However, if YOU DID (charge enough), then there is no reason why the railroads could not make the same allowances in their current operating capacity, and save the expense of having an additional layer of bureaucracy built into the process, along with the propensity for government waste <br /> <br />The whole idea is a scam.
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