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<p>[quote user="henry6"]</p> <p>I guess I misunderstand "privitizing". I believe it to mean private enterprise, private monies, invested to produce a product or perform a service. Once it relies on subsidies, it is no longer a private enterprise. Providing a service to a government agency is also does not sit as private enterprise in this situtaiton as the government is providing the service by paying someone else to operate it. In my beliefs private enterprise owns or leases the track, owns or leases the equipment, and operates the service for better or for worse. If a government owns or leases the track, owns or leases the equipment, then hires a private contractor to operate it, it is a public enterprise and not private capital. Contracting is not privatizing passenger rail but either a slight of hand or play on words to deflect what is really happening. [/quote]</p> <p>I disagree with your perspective of privatization. It is a world of difference to have a private contractor run a service, with some monies directly or indirectly provided by government. </p>
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