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The government is literally the reason the rail costs so much. They created the regulations that force the cost so high. Your argument appears to be sure, the

• consteval 2y ago
  > They created the regulations that force the cost so high Yeah, after enough people got blown up. Something something free market... > wasting tax payer Look, the entire point of government services is they are a COST. They are different from a business because they don't have to profit and often it's better if they DON'T profit. Businesses can't operate that way, which creates some perverse incentives for some domains. For example, providing universal healthcare would only burn money. Nobody, except doctors and whatnot, makes money. There's no profit there. And, well, that's the entire draw! If there were a profit, which we have now, then there's some fucked up stuff that happens. > because its better than nothing yeah, it is better than nothing. No rail results in thousands of automobile deaths and unbelievable amounts of pollution. Companies won't do it because they can't profit, and also land is stupidly expensive, and automobiles are an obvious money maker. So somebody has to, to break this cycle of automobile abuse in the US. It was fine in the 70s. It's gotten really out of control now and everyone is pissed off at spending 2 hours a day in traffic and also driving 30 minutes for water. Also now everyone is obese and dying. So yes, it legitimately is better than nothing.