Reply #136: it is not though [View All]

[Two Americas]

It is much less expensive to ship by rail. The problem was that rairoad employees were unionized and voted Democratic, and also that people didn't need to buy cars and were resisisting becoming nothing but consumers. All of that stood in the way of amassing profits and exploiting the people to the maximum degree possible, so big money interests got the Republicans to dismantle and destroy public transportation.