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To: Olog-hai

Sorry no. Again show me a private sector that had any intention of building the interstate highway system. There isn’t one. And that proves you’re full of crap.

The private sector built the rail system with government money and chasing more government money. There were big prizes for who finished first. Without the government money they wouldn’t have done it that fast or that comprehensively.

We’re in a circle. You’re so desperate to insist anyone that disagrees with you is a liberal you’re saying ridiculous things and saying them over and over. And I’ve refuted them all at least twice. We’re done. Bye.


70 posted on 05/09/2014 2:46:44 PM PDT by discostu (Seriously, do we no longer do "phrasing"?!)
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To: discostu

When one exhibits behavior typical of liberals, one has to point that out. That includes excusing big government of any form (including making false and empty attributions to the Founding Fathers to justify same), making baseless allegations against the private sector (especially in the case of the government interfering and not allowing the private sector to act let alone participate), and resorting to invective when someone does not agree with their viewpoints. Especially in the case of the Volkswagen, claiming that it is a “good” that the Nazis provided is shameful, when it was being developed privately by Ferdinand Porsche and effectively stolen from him.

The private sector did not build the railway network with government money; that is a lie. One of the biggest examples of private investment is Pennsylvania Station in New York City and the tunnels leading to them; not built with a single cent of government money, but actually was a result of the Pennsylvania Railroad refusing to go along with government dictates (the state governments actually wanted a “collective” effort with the PRR sharing a bridge across the Hudson with its competing railroads, e.g. the Lackawanna, Erie, B&O et cetera), so they built their own route and station out of pocket.


73 posted on 05/09/2014 2:55:18 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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