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<P mce_keep="true">[quote user="CSSHEGEWISCH"] <P>[quote user="Bucyrus"] <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=verdana,geneva>When anyone objects to the public subsidy of passenger rail, the instant rebuttal is that passenger rail subsidy is acceptable because we subsidize highways.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>However, that comparison alone is meaningless.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT face=verdana,geneva size=2></FONT></SPAN> </P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT face=verdana,geneva size=2>The meaningful, honest, objective, and useful comparison is how much use the average taxpayer gets out of highway per tax dollar, compared to how much use the average taxpayer gets out of passenger rail per tax dollar.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN></P> <P>[/quote]</P> <P>To carry this analogy to its logical extreme, and how much use per tax dollar does the average taxpayer get out of his public schools?</P> <P>[/quote]</P> <P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT face=verdana,geneva size=2>What I said is not an analogy.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It can’t be taken to extremes.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It is simply the basis for making a fair comparison between various types of public subsidies.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The point of the comparison is to assess the overall average bang for the buck of various subsidies in order to find which ones are more worthwhile than others.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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