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President Obama is committed to building the transportation infrastructure we need for tomorrow
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Hyperimiator
Title: Maximus Probus
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Registered: 2001-7-20 18:55:36
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President Obama is committed to building the transportation infrastructure we need for tomorrow
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The infrastructure we built under FDR (like the Hoove Dam) is what helped propel us into the leadership role we still benefit from.
Not investing in it, is one reason our industrial capacity and competitiveness is in such decline, of course transportation being just one infrastructure element amongst others that need investment.
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JD_HOGG
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Registered: 2008-3-18 08:04:21
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Hyperimiator posted:
The infrastructure we built under FDR (like the Hoove Dam) is what helped propel us into the leadership role we still benefit from.
Not investing in it, is one reason our industrial capacity and competitiveness is in such decline, of course transportation being just one infrastructure element amongst others that need investment.
Possibly. Competitive labor costs is another. It's tough to compete with the cost of labor in third world toilets. Maybe if we stopped dropping frickin bombs everywhere for a few decades at least, we could spend a few trillion dollars here on new roads, bridges, rails, whatever it takes to allow us to move goods and people more efficiently. But yeah, I can always dream.
Oh and LOL @ "infrastructure bubble." JFC the shiz that comes out of BT's fingertips is unreal.
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China is slowly divesting itself of US dollars. Who are you going to borrow the money from to pay for your grandiose schemes?
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Kanga_Roo
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Registered: 2002-2-26 12:58:17
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Bat_Avenger posted:
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We need a high speed rail line. A lot of people would choose that over putting up with all the BS involved in flying these days.
that is an incorrect statement.
Yours is the incorrect statement.
It is not incorrect to say "a lot" of people would choose that over putting up with all the BS involved in flying these days.
How many or would it be more efficient is a separate question.
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JD_HOGG
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Registered: 2008-3-18 08:04:21
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Aerlinthian posted:
China is slowly divesting itself of US dollars. Who are you going to borrow the money from to pay for your grandiose schemes?
Investors? Learn to capitalist would you. Stop thinking like a commie.
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SLAgent
Title: VN Artist
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Registered: 2002-4-17 11:01:13
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High speed rail makes sense in some very small (comparatively) areas...it does not make sense for a country three times the size of Europe.
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Ah-Schoo
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SLAgent posted:
High speed rail makes sense in some very small (comparatively) areas...it does not make sense for a country three times the size of Europe.
Yeah, the bigger it is, the slower and less efficient you want to go. Cars are the answer!
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SLAgent posted:
High speed rail makes sense in some very small (comparatively) areas...it does not make sense for a country three times the size of Europe.
They can't even make it work for the New York City to Washington D.C. corridor. There to people prefer a 45 minute flight. I think that the people who pine for American rail have never spent any real time traveling this country via the road. If they did they would understand that we just aren't suited to a high speed rail solution. Airline travel is much more cost and time effective.
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-VanDraegon-
Title: Ratt-n-Roll
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Registered: 2000-6-26 19:59:09
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JD_HOGG posted:
Oh and LOL @ "infrastructure bubble." JFC the shiz that comes out of BT's fingertips is unreal.
And i thought my ACF dictionary was up to date. pfft.
If the rail system in the US wasnt a warn out, antiquated piece of crap it would get a lot more use. A high speed line running from Vancouver, BC to San Diego, CA makes a lot of sense and would get a lot of use.
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notmforce2k
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Registered: 2011-10-9 09:37:34
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Bat_Avenger posted:
-VanDraegon- posted:
We need a high speed rail line. A lot of people would choose that over putting up with all the BS involved in flying these days.
that is an incorrect statement.
Do you have a single source for this statement or are you just trying to be a contrarian? People posting in this very thread have already said they would participate in a rail line.
And infowars? That's seriously what Aer has fallen to?
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