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[quote user="BaltACD"] Nothing is quite as destructive as political thinking. [/quote] True.  But there may be hope in Italy.  An article in the lastest issue of Trains highlighted a first ever, privately financed and owned high speed start-up in Italy.  Nuovo Transporto Viaggiatori (NTV) will offer fast (187.5 mph top speed), frequent, financially competitive services to Turin, Milan, Rome and Naples.  The venture is being hoisted by businessmen who apparently have raised the financing in the world's capital markets.   Although the article was short on financial details, it appears that the operators will have to cover their operating costs and, presumably, pay rent to the national rail system.  I don't know anything about the Italian rail system, but I presume the infrastructure is owned by a government agency.  They will also have to provide a return to their shareholders. As for the relevancy for this thread, politicians don't have to get it right.  They can play all sorts of silly games whilst pulling the wool over the eyes of the voters.  But business people have to get it right or they go out of business, which is clearly not the end game for business folks.  I hope they make it.  It could be a model for the U.S. to emulate. Who knows? It might even sell in Wisconsin.
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