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[quote user="penncentral2002"][quote user="greyhounds"] I sincerly believe that a Federal transportation/rail plan moved along with Federal funds is a terrible idea that would have terrible results if implamented.  At least one other person seems to regard it as an absolute necessity.[/quote]Apparently some people think that roads, bridges, railroads, airports, port facilities, canals, etc. magically drop from the sky and that they do not require people to spend money.  The fundamental rule of economics is that there is no such thing as a free lunch - The private sector is not going to build transportation facilities and definitely not a comprehensive system because it will not be profitable.  The costs would be prohibitive.It is simply amazing that there are people who think they can get something for nothing.   [/quote]But getting something for nothing is exactly what tends to happen when the government funds projects that would not be profitable for the private sector, and therefore would not get funded by the private sector.  For much of government taxpayer funded transportation, the users are being massively subsidized by a much larger majority who don't or can't use it, but still must help pay for it.  Socialism is sold as a free lunch.  I would not cite the fact that the government publicly funds a lot of things as evidence that those things could not be funded by the private sector or are even vital to our needs.  One big reason that a lot of things get funded with public money is that the government ever seeks to expand its power by publicly funding as much as they can possibly convince us to allow them to.  They would do it all if we just got out of their way.
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