New Report Argues Private Rail Is a Train Wreck, Public Ownership Needed
New Report Argues Private Rail Is a Train Wreck, Public Ownership Needed
"Our nation's rail system is in disarray," an expert said. "Dominated by a small group of giant for-profit companies, it is imperiling the health and safety of workers and communities."
Bring back Conrail!
Yeah if we can’t get conservatives to, you know, agree that pumping cancerous toxic shit over on to your neighbor is wrong (Chevron decision this week), our chances of getting anything meaningful done in the name of public good is completely fucked.
Not that it really matters one way or another, since I'm sure this proposal would be ignored no matter who the author is, but I feel like having an undergraduate student be responsible for your call to nationalize the public railways is not great for your credibility.
Of course that's not really fair, and homey is a research fellow at an Ivy League institution, so it's not just Bubba from the local frat house's senior project, but still.