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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by nslakediv sure, raise the fuel tax on the railroads and guess what they do, thats right, fuel surcharge, who pays that? correct again, that same guy who wants the fuel tax raised, viscious circle aint it? [/quote] Better that the rail users pay for improvements to railroad infrastructure than those who don't use rail service. That is the essence of a user fee: SUPRISE!! It's the user of the service who pays the user fee, not the non-user. What a great concept! The point is this: Railroads are loathe to put too much into infrastructure improvements lest they fall behind their other Class I counterparts in the contest to see who has the sexiest stock price/dividend. With an accross the board federally mandated 18.4 cents per gallon paid by all railroads, in essence the issue of infrastructure improvements is taken out of their hands and equalized among all railroads, that way no one's stock price suffers in comparison to the others everytime one of them decides it's time to undefer the maintenance.
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