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High speed rail...why?
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<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">I don't see how it is logical to conclude that it is fair to subsidize HSR merely because other forms of transportation are subsidized.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>That comparison alone is not adequate to conclude anything.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>What needs to be compared is the amount of ridership or use of a given transport system per dollar of subsidy.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>There might have to be other things factored in as well, but it is not logical to conclude that because highways and airlines are subsidized, it is therefore fair to give HSR whatever amount of subsidy it needs.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN>
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