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Eric: What you're seeing empirically shows up in the numbers. If you take 1980 (deregulation year) as a baseline index of 100 for productivity, costs, revenue, and profit on a per-car basis, in the 23 years hence productivity has shot up and costs have fallen nicely -- but revenue and profit have fallen just as fast. I've seen a graph of this; if you project the lines and assume the slopes don't change, there's a zero point not far off in the future. <br /> <br />You're not alone. Lots of people beside you see a problem. That's why David Gunn is telling everyone (even if they won't listen) that the industry is in deep trouble. This is what we've been saying in the magazine. AASHTO (the state DOT association) is saying the same thing. This trend can not continue forever. Deregulation bought a quarter-century of time, but it isn't going to buy much more. <br />
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