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The Privatization of AMTRAK'S N E Corridor
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<p>[quote user="selector"]</p> <p>A caution, speaking of ideology: we are ot permitted to introduce it to our discussions. Talk about pragmatism, limitations, dreams, opportunities...but not about ideology.</p> <p> </p> <p>Please.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <p>[/quote]</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">Selector,</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">Can you elaborate on that?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had to look up ideology to find out if there is some aspect of its definition that would explain why it is suddenly off limits for discussion on this forum.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I could not find anything that would explain it.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">The debate is basically about whether we should have privatized or nationalized transportation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One side says we need to provide nationalized transportation because some people say they need it and can’t afford it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The other side says that if the user can’t pay for it, they should not have it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Both of those positions are ideological.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And both are the heart of every single post that has ever been made on the topic of funding Amtrak or building HSR and LRT.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">So what exactly do you mean when you say we are not permitted to introduce ideology?</span></span></span></p>
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