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[quote user="nanaimo73"][quote user="futuremodal"]  In the meantime, could you please answer or at least clarify your inference that: "Increasing competition = anti-capitalism" Specifically, why do you apparently agree with BNSF honcho Matt Rose that the entry of DM&E into the PRB (aka the "increasing competition" parse) is bad for the railroad industry (aka the "anti-capitalist" parse)?  Or do you object to that particular framing? [/quote] I would say that pro-capitalism would be capitalists pooling their capital to make a good return on their investment. Therefore, pro-capitalism would be BNSF trying to make maximum profits. Anti-capitalism would be socialism, basically any form of Government involvement. In this case, DME entering the PRB with 2 billion Government dollars. Government dollars in this case are going to curtail BNSF's and UP's profits, aren't they ? [/quote] That's the BIG LIE being bandied about, because both BNSF and UP have taken government dollars over hundreds of years, more specifically they've taken FRA loans for their PRB project a while back, so why not DM&E? And conversely, if DM&E is not worthy of federal aid for it's railroad, then shouldn't the *pro-capitalists* BNSF and UP be forced to pay back their federal aid?  And I mean ALL OF IT, STARTING WITH THOSE FIRST LAND GRANTS!  You can't describe one set of entities as being pro-capitalist based on the relevent variables, then turn around and describe the second entity as being anti-capitalist based on those exact same variables. There used to be a saying - "What's good for the goose is good for the gander" - an apt harbinger to oppose general discrimination.  Is not what's good for BNSF and UP also good for DM&E and others?
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