Nothing Like It In The World
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Read on Hacker NewsWHAT? Are you kidding me? Go read a book on the railroads - that is a prime example of exactly what I'm talking about. Nothing Like it In The World by Stephan Ambrose is a quick read and covers my point. The railroads were granted the land tracts by the government - they didn't buy it. That was in the 19th century, what about the 20th century resurection of Conrail in the northeast? We wouldn't have railroads around NYC at all if it wasn't for a government bailout. The internet was invented by the federal government. It was largely expanded by universities - funded by state governments. The toll roads utterly failed in this country, thats why they were nationalized. The interstate highway system was entirely federally funded. Who built the bridges that I commute over everyday to work? Not private investors, in fact even if they were profi…
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