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<p>According to Travelocity, Wilkes-Barre Scranton International Airport has at least 14 flights a day by three airlines to DFW. All of the flights connect through a major hub, which means that practically any destination served by the airlines can be reach from Wilkes-Barre Scranton with good air service.</p> <p>Wilkes-Barre Scranton is approximately two hours driving time from Newark, Philadelphia, and Harrisburg, which have excellent airline service. That is not likely to change. </p> <p>Without a realistic plan to get to the end point, discussing the end point is visionary but lacks nuts and bolts substance. Many of the world's governments, as well as international businesses, have given up on the idea of a highly structured, top down central solution. This is especially true for large, diverse countries like the United States and organizations like P&G.</p> <p>The government can facilitate a framework for passenger rail as part of a transportation network in the United States. But as soon as it begins to micro-manage the process, which it tends to do, it is likely to result in a sub-optimum outcome.</p> <p>What is missing in all of our discussions is how a nation with a $16 trillion debt and at least $48 trillion of unfunded liabilities is going to pay for a passenger train network that is not and is not likely to be supported by the markets; that is to say, by the people who use it.</p>
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