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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by jeaton So the Montana farmers are actually financing the Chinese Army. If they stopped shipping grain on the BNSF, there would be no money to put in the Transcon, COSCO profits would drop and the Chinese Army would collapse for lack of funds. You would think that for the love of country, the farmers would stop shipping their grain. Of course, with open access COSCO could run their own trains and cut out the middle man. [/quote] Well, since this is Murphy's topic, let's all do our best to keep this away from a pissing match..... My post is tongue in cheek [:p] for those of you who don't know what sarcasm is.......that being said...... The point being made is that it is mostly domestic producers such as Montana grain growers) who are subjected to captive rates, while overseas importers are immune to captive rates. And since BNSF feels it is fit to take those captive profits and use them to build up the import corridors rather than the export corridors, the indirect effect is that Montana farmers who utilize BNSF are providing the necessary funds which make it easier for overseas imports to be brought into the US. COSCO is one of many container lines which thus benefit from BNSF's market skewing, and if indeed COSCO is a de facto subsidiary of the Red Chinese Army.................(feel free to connect the dots). And under open access, COSCO would receive no further benefits since they already are the recipients of cut throat shipping rates from BNSF, et al. But the Montana farmes would receive substantial benefits since they would now have intramodal competition to bring down their shipping rates. It's basic economics of a true free enterprise system unchained from the monopolistic tendencies that sometimes occur under partial deregulation (such as Staggers). Since most of you who are opposed to intramodal competition still can't grasp it, all we want for our domestic producers is the same competitive rates that are afforded to overseas importers. Most reasonable persons would agree that is a fair desire. Now, if only TRAINS would take a page from the spirit of David P. Morgan and give a willing analysis of the import/export rate disparaty brought about by Staggers...........[?]
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