Re: (erielack) NJ/PA - Environmental Assessment for Lackawanna Cutoff now ava...

["J. Henry Priebe Jr." <root_@_bluemoon.net>]

On Fri, 19 Jun 2009, Jim Guthrie wrote:

> Henry writes:
> 
> >I have never been a big fan of train rider welfare.
> 
> Highway engineers figure the subsidy from general taxation for motorists runs around 44-46%; rail advocates figure it at 56-60%; the strong libertarian anti-gummint, anti-tax folk figure it at 88%.
> 
> What makes automobile drivers so special that they receive substatial subsidies, but you think rail riders don't?
> 

The percentage of people who drive.


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