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It was a mistake to hand America’s rail system off to private companies and then de-regulate them
And it continues to be a mistake everyday we ignore the problem.
It was always private companies. Givt gave tgem lots of land and money, looked the other way at incidents like this, and let them merge like rabbits in the 80s-90s.
And took passenger off their backs in the 70s, forming Amtrak.
We need to establish National Trackage Rights for true competition and improved safety.
Selling off Conrail is still an inexplicably stupid decision to me, even looking at it from the full neoliberal brainrot angle.
These railroads merged last year, who did absolutely nothing to deter it?
He also busted a strike when his handlers told him to shut it down.
Imagine
And then got virtually all of their demands pushed through?
Don’t we still give them money? They won’t do maintenance on the track unless we do is my understanding.
Oh great! Just like East Palestine, Ohio. Just a little boo boo, no big deal!
The rail gods demand a chemical sacrifice
Or like the shipping company that destroyed the bridge and Biden offered to have the feds pay for it totally unprompted…
Why are people always wanting to hold these poor billion dollar corporations accountable for their actions?
Won’t anyone think of the stock prices?!
I haven’t been following the bridge situation, but I thought the idea was that the company would ideally pay eventually, but by having the government pay now they get a bridge much sooner than waiting for years as the shipping company drags it though the courts? Assuming the shipping company doesn’t pull some “we aren’t American, you can’t make us pay shit” move.
Biden could just seize their assets and auction them off till it pays the debts. It’s a multi-billion dollar international shipping company with probably more assets just in that one port than it would cost to replace the bridge…
And before you say “that would be wrong”.
Reminder that civil asset forfeiture is still a thing. If a cop finds $5k in cash on you he can just fucking take it.
American railroads are going to have their Boeing days. They richly deserve them, even if genpop doesn’t.
Don’t live near an active track if possible.
Honestly? I really doubt that, unless you consider the events that lead up to Conrail as already having had their Boeing days. The American rail industry is an absolute disaster, and has been for decades. Derailments happen quite frequently (on average 3 a day in the US), you just actually hear about them now due to East Palestine. None of this is new.
It’s a GOOD THING we gave our Tax Dollars to these Companies for Stock Buybacks instead of feed STARVING AMERICAN CHILDREN!
But giving money to starving children would be communism!
Giving it to corporations is, uh, well, you see, a good thing. Surely.
Wall Street Pete to the rescue!!!
Corpos need you to cover it up!
Mostly? Well, that sounds safe.
