To: rawhide
My big question here is, Why do they not build some new railroad lines?
Railroads would integrate commerce, but nothing else. The goal, however, is to integrate countries, which is why roads like the TTC are being proposed. Road access grants much easier passage to the average traveler, who is not bound by the fares and schedules of rail travel. More roads mean more travel between countries, which makes the integration of societies easier.
Your question shoots the "It's-only-for-trade" argument full of holes.
16 posted on
05/30/2007 7:32:12 AM PDT by
snowrip
(Liberal? YOU ARE A SOCIALIST WITH NO RATIONAL ARGUMENT.)
To: snowrip
The goal, however, is to integrate countries,
Exactly, see the CFR report linked to in post #24 of this thread.
We are all citizens of North America, now. The United States is merely a geographic and historic reference point.
25 posted on
05/30/2007 8:17:30 AM PDT by
SittinYonder
(Ic þæt gehate, þæt ic heonon nelle fleon fotes trym, ac wille furðor gan)
To: snowrip
You’re right.
No more highways! No more roads!
78 posted on
05/30/2007 11:00:57 AM PDT by
AmishDude
(It doesn't matter whom you vote for. It matters who takes office.)
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