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Mac and others, <br /> <br />What right do you have for accusing me of personal attacks, when all I did was initially provide a set of reasons that open access might be perferable to both the current closed access system and/or a return to re-regulation of rail transporter services? The response was not a set of counterarguments, but an accusation of having "an agenda", being "myopic", being on a soapbox, etc. Naturally, I will respond in kind, and I am correct in assessing Mudchicken's initial response to my set of talking points as being kneejerk, and his assessment of open access arguements being "myopic" is clearly misdefined. Add to that the "dings" from Ed and his ilk, and it is extremely amusing to me that I am the one being accused of "personal attacks", when clearly it is the anti-idea crowd that is engaged in personal attacks. Paul, you don't know what you're talking about. <br /> <br />Again, I will challenge anyone to provide some substance to the set of talking points in favor of open access with a set of counterarguments against open access, without resorting to the "agenda", "soapbox" or "ding" replies. Will open access aid in reducing the U.S. trade deficit or not? If not, provide some substanitive reasons why you don't think open access would address that issue. Will open access provide incentive for manufacturers to stay and or build in the U.S. rather than locating overseas, or not. If not, provide some substanitive arguments why you think open access won't aid in addressing that issue. Will open access be the best option for staving off re-regulation of rail transporting services (e.g. rate re-regulation), or is there a better way to placate the concerns of captive shippers without the inevitable rate regulation? If it is the latter, please provide the reasons how and why these other ways will work toward resolving those issues. What about the points of "equalizing" the playing field among railroad service providers, trucks, barges, et al? What about the idea of using open access to transfer part of the burden of capital expenditure from the railroads to federal and state governments? If you don't think open access in some form would result in an increase in rail's share of intercity traffic, tell us why. If you don't think open access the best way to allow private rail passenger services to thrive in the U.S., tell us why. <br /> <br />If any of you can do that without the insults and inuendo, that would probably be appreciated by all. I have my doubts that most of the anti-open access crowd can do so.
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