> why is the history of us railroads in not a good one while they helped build the country they were ruthless exploiters who used often illegal business practice to form cartels and monopolies and destroy competitors later, after they had been eclipsed by ice vehicles, they became inefficient welfare queens requiring government regulations and handouts to survive any "high speed rail" will undoubtably receive massive handouts of taxpayer money, and the confiscation of large amounts of private land
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