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Pechowy dzien na kolejach w Stanach
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Author: Rafal Kulik
Date: Sep 12, 2008 20:53

...humorystycznie, choc moglo byc niewesolo: http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2001/05/15/train_nc_010515.html Potem tragicznie: Pociag podmiejski Metrolink zaliczyl czolowke z towarowym Union Pacific. 10 osob nie zyje. Wiecej info ponizej: http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/09/12/train.collision/index.html -- Wysłano z serwisu Usenet w...
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Re: But the Great Northern was built without a penny of federal money
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Author: Sean
Date: Jun 25, 2008 22:37

... - as are most public works projects in the USA. But are you referring to who *paid* for it? It was built by taxes of course. So? So was the Union Pacific which was an economic disaster. The Great Northern was built without a penny of taxes. You're assuming that highways cannot be built - and owned - privately. But that's ...
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Re: New Economic Theory: More People => Higher Economic Growth Rate
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Author: Fred Weiss
Date: Jun 24, 2008 22:00

On Jun 25, 12:50 am, Bret Cahill <BretCah...@aol.com> wrote: Rightards still believe there's an infinite supply of oil. There is. I rest my case. You might try making a case first, before you rest it. Something hopefully a little more effective than your "case" for the Union Pacific - or for sending anyone who disagrees with you to Somalia. Fred Weiss
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Re: But the Great Northern was built without a penny of federal money
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Author: Fred Weiss
Date: Jun 24, 2008 18:33

... - as are most public works projects in the USA. But are you referring to who *paid* for it? It was built by taxes of course. So? So was the Union Pacific which was an economic disaster. The Great Northern was built without a penny of taxes. You're assuming that highways cannot be built - and owned - privately. But that's ...
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Re: But the Great Northern was built without a penny of federal money
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Author: Sean
Date: Jun 23, 2008 06:47

... rip out the entire interior at a cost of $700M because it was an acoustical nightmare from the beginning. But in that respect it's a good comparison with the Union Pacific - and thus a very typical gov't funded boondoggle. Nice going, Sean. P.S.: Look, I'm not saying that every private undertaking is a success either. Hardly. ...
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Re: But the Great Northern was built without a penny of federal money
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Author: Fred Weiss
Date: Jun 23, 2008 04:45

... rip out the entire interior at a cost of $700M because it was an acoustical nightmare from the beginning. But in that respect it's a good comparison with the Union Pacific - and thus a very typical gov't funded boondoggle. Nice going, Sean. P.S.: Look, I'm not saying that every private undertaking is a success either. Hardly. ...
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Re: But the Great Northern was built without a penny of federal money
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Author: Sean
Date: Jun 22, 2008 19:53

... a delinquent land-grant railroad in 1878, the St. Paul & Pacific Railroad, and turned it into a great transcontinental railroad, ...'s competent lieutenants, and the final struggle to the Pacific Ocean over the Cascade Mountains. The railroad builder ...to challenge Brat on this comparison with the corruption-ridden financial disaster that was the Union Pacific, all he can say is "take a flight to Somalia". Why? Because "the...
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Re: Transcontinental RR Was Many Times Entire Federal Budget
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Author: Fred Weiss
Date: Jun 22, 2008 15:56

.... He didn't need to loot the public till to build his railroad. Had it failed, it would have been his loss and his loss alone. But the losses of the Union Pacific were a constant drain on the public till and without its subsidies it would have gone into bankruptcy. If you continue to use "the people wanted it" as your rationale then...
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But the Great Northern was built without a penny of federal money
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Author: Fred Weiss
Date: Jun 21, 2008 20:38

... a delinquent land-grant railroad in 1878, the St. Paul & Pacific Railroad, and turned it into a great transcontinental railroad, the ...'s competent lieutenants, and the final struggle to the Pacific Ocean over the Cascade Mountains. The railroad builder constantly ... to challenge Brat on this comparison with the corruption-ridden financial disaster that was the Union Pacific, all he can say is "take a flight to Somalia". Why? Because "the ...
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Re: Fox News from Washington DC
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Author: Paul P
Date: Jun 3, 2008 23:47

..., further investigation by the journos found that it was not illegal. Some of the law enforcement agencies quoted were the Chicago RTA and Union Pacific Railroad. Best regards, Paul P Taking photographs of Railway Stations in the Former Soviet Union and other Eastern Bloc countries when they were under communism rule was also forbidden. If you were ...
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