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[quote user="schlimm"] Perhaps in some ideal world, your modest proposal might have traction.  But attempting to figure out what each sector is currently receiving in subsidies, much less change the system is bound to fail, and thus nothing would happen.  Building the infrastructure in a rational way for a passenger rail system and then exacting fees on operators is much simpler and largely accomplishes the same purpose - a viable passenger rail network. [/quote] Figuring out how the subsidies flow is doable. Getting the politicians to give up one of their biggest handouts is not doable. So we will muddle through with a process of hidden subsidies and cross subsidies, which very few people can figure out, which are likely to lead to sub-optimum outcomes, i.e. running long distance trains that are used by less than one per cent of intercity travelers.
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