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To: rich4eagle who wrote (151316)	6/6/2001 11:06:34 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Well, start your own country and you can do what you want. Try your solutions on the rest of us and there's going to be hell to pay. But actually that won't happen. This is still a working democracy and if any politician tries to shove your solutions down our throats, he's gone at the next election.

To: rich4eagle who wrote (151316)	6/7/2001 12:13:56 AM
From: Diane	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Here in Northern California, we've been paying a quarter or half percent (I don't remember which) sales tax for many, many, many years to subsidize mass transit. And a round trip ticket from where I live to San Francisco (about 40 miles away) costs over $9, which I don't consider "nearly free". And then there's the bus fare or cost of driving that most people have to pay to get to the stations. It's ridiculous, but thousands of people do it every day because this liberal run state refuses to build new freeways to handle the growing population. The freeways to San Francisco and San Jose move at a crawl pace much of the day. And 3 or 4 years ago I read a Cato Institute report about government subsidized Amtrack. The amount the government pays per passenger is absolutely staggering. If I remember right, it was in the HUNDREDS of dollars. Not a very efficient use of my tax dollars. There's got to be a better way. But until someone finds it, I'll stick to my car, thank you very much.

To: rich4eagle who wrote (151316)	6/7/2001 2:33:56 AM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Did you read Diane's response? And did you see the post that included that article about public transit in the Seattle area? How many times do you have to hear the same thing before you get it? Even if you are right about CO2 and shrinking oil reserves (and I don't give you either of those), YOU CAN'T SELL THIS TO PEOPLE! Now either something is going to have to happen out in the real world to get them to see it your way (and $3 a gallon gas isn't it) or you might as well just shut up. We don't want what your selling and we won't buy it. Period.