Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 19:15:58 -0500 From: Terje Johan Abrahamsen <terjejnopsamandnews.com> Subject: Re: I bought one of those as well......
On 19 Jun 2002 13:56:17 GMT, davehinznopsamcop.net wrote: >Someone who looks an awful lot like Guava Baby <guavababynopsamspring.com> wrote: >> davehinznopsamcop.net wrote: > >>> Well, to be fair, the reason that we don't have a good passenger rail >>> system here in the US is more related to the sheer distances involved, >>> than due to any lack of effort. > >> I don't know about that. The US government is far more libertarian-minded than >> most European governments, so providing services like good public transportation >> regardless of cost has never been a priority. > >Odd, you say that almost as if you think that's a bad thing? "Don't build >things that are prohibitively expensive"? Seems like responsible government >spending to me. The discussion is rather about how much you value the environment. It cost money, but is it a waste of resources or is it something the government should actually use money on?