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[quote user="Phoebe Vet"] <p><font color="#800000">Samantha:</font></p><p><font color="#800000">Everyone told the guy who started FedEx that his idea would cost too much money and would not have enough customers to pay for it.</font></p><p><font color="#800000">"Everyone" knew that very few people would pay $14 to have a package delivered overnight when the Postal Service would deliver it in a few days for under $2.</font></p><p><font color="#800000">Most of the advances in civilization have been the result of people who found a way to do it while everyone else was making excuses why it couldn't, or shouldn't, be done.</font></p><p>[/quote]</p><p>All of the commercial advances in civilization were financed by someone. I have not seen any advocate for expanding passenger rail service in the U.S. say how to pay for it. In fact, I have seen very few proposals that are even backed up by a robust marketing analysis and strategic business plan. </p>
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