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Subject:	Re: All important (was: Amtrak Told to Plan Liquidation)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Sat, 10 Nov 2001 20:23:50 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes: > > How do you carry such a morbid calculus (which is more important, the > passengers of the vehicle or the population at large? What a question! They > all are!). Ick. Sorry for bringing it up again, but this is exactly why I think it's unfair to lumber plane passengers with the entire cost of "global security". ROSCO

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		Re: All important (was: Amtrak Told to Plan Liquidation)
(...) Can you be more specific? If passengers didn't want to travel by air there would be no problem, would there? There'd be no airlines! Why shouldn't airlines shoulder the whole cost? (note that in a free market there is no difference between (...) (23 years ago, 10-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

		Re: All important (was: Amtrak Told to Plan Liquidation)
(...) Sorry if this is a repost. I lost my cookies somewhere. Anywho... I don't think we got to closure on this (or much of anything else, lately) so don't be sorry. I am not sure I follow this argument. You are going to have to elaborate. I will (...) (23 years ago, 10-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

		Re: All important (was: Amtrak Told to Plan Liquidation)
(...) Why shouldn't we? Why should someone who rarely or never flies pay so that folks like Larry can fly once a week or more (not sure how often Larry flies, but he's a good example of a very frequent flyer here)? If aircraft are truly that (...) (23 years ago, 10-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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		Re: Amtrak Told to Plan Liquidation
(...) As someone that doesn't think rail has gotten a fair shake at the feeding trough (rail owns its own right of way, which it pays tax on, trucks pay pretty small fuel taxes (5000 a year per truck does not buy you a lot of highway) and nothing (...) (23 years ago, 10-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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