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<P mce_keep="true"><FONT size=3>[quote user="BT CPSO 266"]Although we can't make the shipper chose one mode over the other. Congress may not have any choice then to either take steps to move more of the nation's freight to rail. [/quote]</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=3></FONT> </P> <P><FONT size=3>[quote user="BT CPSO 266"]It is all the what is best for our nation's economic survival and sustainability. <BR>[/quote]</FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=georgia,palatino size=3></FONT> </P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=georgia,palatino size=3>Your sentence conflicts with itself.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>If Congress takes steps to move more of the nation’s freight by rail, we will have indeed forced the shipper chose one mode over the other.</FONT></P><FONT size=3><FONT face=georgia,palatino> <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=georgia,palatino size=3>In other posts, I have alluded to the constant use of the term “we” by many of the pro-rail advocates.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It is a curious euphemism that makes it sound like all of us forum members are in the transportation business, using both truck and rail.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=georgia,palatino size=3><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN></FONT> </P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=georgia,palatino size=3><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN>But what “we” can only mean is “we the people” forcing our will through the legal force of congress.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>If that is the way we run transportation, then it is no longer private sector capitalism.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Government owns the roads and they run the roads.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>If they pour public money into rail, will they eventually own rail and run it?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Would that not be an excellent concept? </FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT face=georgia,palatino></FONT></SPAN> </P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT face=georgia,palatino>What could be more efficient than having a central managing authority running a well-oiled transportation machine according to a national transportation policy guiding our collective survival and sustainability?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
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