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July TRAINS takes on the captive shipper debate - Best Issue Ever?
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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by n012944</i> <br /><br />[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by futuremodal</i> <br /><br />[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by TomDiehl</i> <br /><br />[quote]<i>Originally posted by futuremodal</i> <br /><br />[quote]<i>Originally posted by edblysard</i> <br />No, seriously, I have invited him several times..come sit and watch, or grab a pair of gloves and boots and I can put him to work lining switches and pulling pins... <br />So far, he has chickened out every time. <br />Go figure.[:D]Ed <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />Bert is <font color="red">ignorant</font id="red"> of the difference between the monopolistic tactics of the US railroad industry and the current operations of the oil & petrochemical industry. He claims there is no difference between the railroads' captive shipper rates and the oil industry's current fuel prices. What I pointed out to him was that there are no consumers that are captive to the oil industry, so to try to analogize the railroad industry with the oil industry is ridiculous. <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />I gave you an example of how oil companies have people captive, look it up. <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />There are no captive customers to oil companies. Get used to it, iggy.
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