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[quote user="Murphy Siding"] <P>[quote user="futuremodal"]But you can't back that up with real world stats, can you? Has the Aussie OA system caused their costs to increase? No. Has the German, Dutch, or Italiam IA system caused their costs to increase? No. But OA in those countries has brought new business to their respective rail industries. Why do you think that is bad? [/quote]</P> <P> Well, actually, in the case of Britain, I believe the answer is yes. The British posters on here have said that the Government has had to prop up the ROW company, so it wouldn't go belly up. Oops! I see you didn't mention the British Rail system in your example.[;)]</P> <P>[/quote]</P> <P>Yes, I did. Here's the full quote:</P> <P>[quote]</P> <P>But you can't back that up with real world stats, can you? Has the Aussie OA system caused their costs to increase? No. Has the German, Dutch, or Italiam IA system caused their costs to increase? No. But OA in those countries has brought new business to their respective rail industries. Why do you think that is bad? </P> <P>The only way OA would increase costs if, again, one pulls an OJ. The <STRONG>British</STRONG> did just that with their version, breaking up one company into 100+ companies. No wonder NA railroad hacks point to the <STRONG>British</STRONG> experience as being the poster child for an OA Armeggedon.</P> <P>[/quote]</P> <P>Now, do you want to explain why you neglected the full quote?</P>
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