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headgasketidiot t1_izt72zx wrote

Reply to comment by ChocolateDiligent in Suppose budget was no issue. What inter-town/city rail connections would you build, either within Vermont or from places in Vermont to elsewhere? by DrToadley

Another great example of what I'm talking about. The entire point of the thread is to disregard budget, and here we are still saying we can't afford it. We are so trained to respond with "how will you pay for it" to anything that we can't not do it, even when not doing it is the whole point of the discussion. The dreaming is so small that we can't even tell there's anything beyond it.

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Eagle_Arm t1_izua5ti wrote

You're shitting on them for speaking reality to your comment, when you said your comment was reality and not fantasy?

So they spoke reality to what you said was reality. They didn't respond with fantasy to what was a supposed reality comment. I'm not sure where the disconnect is.

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JanglesMontgomery t1_izvhbmf wrote

Ita not reality becausethings like this should be being actively and aggressively funded by the federal government. The same way they funded and built the interstate system

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Eagle_Arm t1_izwqreh wrote

In the hypothetical, they said it was reality.

Government is there to not make a profit, but to break even or take a slight loss. I don't see how the train system is anything but a major loss or how it's even possible with private property. How much imminent domain will have to be claimed for this to occur?

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JanglesMontgomery t1_izx5ff4 wrote

I imagine there were people who had the exact same concerns when the interstate was being built. But look at what that has done for pur nation. Could you imagine life without it?

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Eagle_Arm t1_izx7ls9 wrote

Not even close to the same level of development then compared to now.

Let's just look at Vermont. What cities does the interstate run through or are they outside cities?

So want to smack a train station in Burlington...point anywhere on a map where a station could be build and then where any lines could run.

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