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[quote user="Maglev"] The whole idea that "we can't afford high-speed rail" is out-of -context in this world today... Facebook Gets $200 Million Backing From Digital Sky By Joseph Galante "May 26 (Bloomberg) -- Facebook Inc., the world’s largest social-networking service, received an investment from Russia’s <A href="http://www.dst-global.com/" target=_blank>Digital Sky Technologies</A> that values the company at $10 billion, more than <A href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/quote?ticker=SBUX%3AUS">Starbucks Inc.</A> or <A href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/quote?ticker=SWY%3AUS">Safeway Inc.</A> Digital Sky will buy $200 million in preferred stock, gaining a 1.96 percent stake in the company, Palo Alto, California-based Facebook said today in a statement..." [/quote] Facebook, Inc. is a for profit business.  It is able to attract private capital because the investors believe that it is a going concern that will return their capital with interest. Unfortunately, most passenger rail projects, including operations, depend on taxpayer monies because they are money losing propositions and cannot attract private capital.
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