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by blocktuw 3598 days ago
I agree with you that long-haul freight is best served by rail. However, I would hardly call the railroads unsubsidized. They received free land, cheap loans and government guaranteed business to develop the rail system.

The eventual beneficiary of cheap transportation is the consumer. I suppose this should considered a regressive tax.

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>They received free land, cheap loans and government guaranteed business to develop the rail system.

Amazingly, this is not categorically true:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Northern_Railway_(U.S....