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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (456571)	2/14/2009 1:43:58 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574281

>> How do you feel about footing the bill for a high speed train from La La Land to Sin City? I think it is an excellent project. But why cannot private enterprise do it? If they can spend billions on City Center in Vegas, it seems like commercial developers could spend enough to put a train from LA to fill the place up.

To: Jim McMannis who wrote (456571)	2/14/2009 2:12:00 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 1574281

whenever Amtrak here on the east coast ever wants to do anything it has to run it by like 37 unions, which all want something for it. Some of the unions are so out dated, going back to train days in the 1800s. That's why the trains never make any money. I think they still have a boiler union for the wood burning trains.