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It is time for the government to step in and do more than force a contract agreement. They need to threaten the Railroad companies and side with America workers
by l72 4y ago
It is time for the government to step in and do more than force a contract agreement. They need to threaten the Railroad companies and side with America workers. Some suggestions:
- Take back the railroads that the public built and maintained. Then charge commercial rail for the use of them. This is a huge issue since it currently is a major limitation of passenger rail in the US, and once again, having these be public could help spur the necessary improvements for passenger rail.
- Breaking up the railroad monopolies. We've broken up companies before, so there is precedent to do it again.
- Nationalize the railroad companies. This is highly unlikely it will ever happen in the US, but it should be discussed. It could become something similar to the post office.
- nradov 4y agoRail transport should be treated the same as other cargo transportation modes like trucking, airlines, and ships. Government should own the tracks and stations. Private companies should own the vehicles, and pay a fee for using the tracks.
- Throwawayaerlei 4y agoWhich politicians will do that? The Democrats are over blue collar labor, have been since the 1970s when the New Left captured the party, and the GOP establishment hates that part of their base. A great deal of Trump's otherwise inexplicable popularity is that he's a 1970s NYC Democrat just like Reagan in the 1980s was a self-described FDR Democrat and he doesn't hate these people. Doesn't care or do much for them, but this is a palpable difference from the GOPe.