Re: #Why Amtrak is dying when we need it the most

In article <25u0749oicocug4a3km6o8seb3kgp4l0kp@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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 Steve <stevencanyon@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> On Sun, 06 Jul 2008 03:44:20 GMT, David Johnston <david@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> wrote:
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> >On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:34:00 -0400, Steve
> ><stevencanyon@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >
> >>On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 15:22:53 GMT, David Johnston <david@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >>wrote:
> >>
> >>>On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:57:15 -0400, Steve
> >>><stevencanyon@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 06:39:39 -0700, mariposas rand mair fheal
> >>>><mair_fheal@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> >>>>>In article <tlqu6415kn4h60m50140gf2hm8h8k4jcmk@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >>>>> Steve <stevencanyon@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> >be specific
> >>>>>> >list anything you think is necessary service and show to make it
pay 
> >>>>>> >for 
> >>>>>> >itself
> >>>>>> >and what you dont list one can assume you claim is not necessary
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>> <LOL>   Any and all of what you mentioned..   for instance, if
people
> >>>>>> believe that police and firemen are necessary, they will pay for
> >>>>>> them..  of course, there are those that might not be able to pay
for
> >>>>>> them...   too bad.....
> >>>>>
> >>>>>okay
> >>>>>so your idea of successful society denies necessities to poor
people
> >>>>
> >>>>I'm not denying anything...  I'm just to wiling to pay for it
> >>>
> >>>That's an intriguing idea.  It means for example that you can expect
> >>>fires that spread across most of the city destroying most of it
> >>>because the fire fighters only respond to them after the situation is
> >>>utterly uncontrollable.  
> >>
> >>That's a ridiculous claim..   a private fire brigade would spring into
> >>action any time their customers requested them...
> >
> >Which will be too late.  
> 
> Too late for what?  why would they be any later than a public fire
> department?

what public fire department? you want free market fire fighting

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