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I agree with you that long-haul freight is best served by rail. However, I would hardly call the railroads unsubsidized. They received free land, cheap loans an

I agree with you that long-haul freight is best served by rail. However, I would hardly call the railroads unsubsidized. They received free land, cheap loans and government guaranteed business to develop the rail system. The eventual beneficiary of cheap transportation is the consumer. I suppose this should considered a regressive tax.

dnautics 10y ago
>They received free land, cheap loans and government guaranteed business to develop the rail system. Amazingly, this is not categorically true: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Northern_Railway_(U.S.) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Northern_Railway_(U.S....