02-06-2009, 09:43 PM
Dakota wrote:
Democrats haven't had one new idea since FDR. They keep going back to that well again and again; roads and bridges and dams and railroads. This is 2009. The country is explored and developed. We don't need more roads. Give me coast to coast rail and I might be interested.
given the American love affair with cars, flexibility, and freedom i think extensive rail development is a very hard sell. i can just imagine the outcries of "What? The government is going to make me give up my car?!?"
yes, rail makes better ecological sense but we are way too selfish.