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Junior Chimp
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« on: March 29, 2009, 10:12:16 PM »
I think something must be done about the way this targets regions. It essentially forces them to pay for the railroads. I'm not really a fan of unnecessary national projects as it is, but the least the federal government could is pay for it.
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Junior Chimp
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« Reply #1 on: March 29, 2009, 11:04:29 PM »
Quote from: Senator PiT on March 29, 2009, 10:59:21 PM
Quote from: Smid on March 29, 2009, 10:53:41 PM
I'd prefer to see this built through a Public-Private Partnership, than through increasing taxation.

     Fair point, though given the lack of money to be made versus the costs of railroad technology, how would a company be properly reimbursed for its cooperation? I was just thinking about this myself.

A cut of the profits from ticket sales?
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