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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by trainfinder22 In a Highly Unsual move the president has Apointed a Railroad Czar and has nationlised the railroads in the name of national defence in this time of war. You have been Apointed Railroad Czar and been asked to inprove the US railroad Infrastructure in security,freight and passengers.(In that order) The Reason for this was that Union Pacific "Lost" a trainload of tanks and a Trainload of armennets in the same week causing a national panic as to terrorist activity. The president By executive order has asked that the railroad system in the US be brought up to par and speed of freight and passengers be increased on all lines. What would be your move and how would you do that? [/quote] First of all, the President doesn't have the authority to "give" anyone a $10B budget. Congress holds the purse strings. Accordingly, any such request would need to be codified in legislation passed by Congress. Assuming you went to Congress with this you'd need to do a lot of your research up front to present to Congress to justify your request. Given the history of railroads in this country as a private enterprise and the likelihood that any attempt to nationalize the railroads would end up in a welter of litigation I doubt it would ever happen, certainly not over a couple of lost trains that would be found quickly (you don't think that military trains have GPS?) OK, so lets assume you can get by Congress with this scheme you are certainly very low on the amount of money it would take to make any significant change in the railroad system. If its $10B a year then you may have better luck. LC
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