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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 12:53 PM Original message |
Money Leaving U.S. at 300 MPH |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
1. No question that the trains themselves would be a much needed improvement in this country. |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 01:32 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. "...and taking most of the money back to Japan... |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 04:02 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. The Japanese have a long history of being anti-union. |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 04:09 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. That's true. |
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Vincardog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
2. We should learn all we can from them so we can BUILD it here |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 03:02 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. It is probably impossible to design a US train that doesn't infringe on foreign-held patents |
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Vincardog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 03:59 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. SO? Why not just pay for the use? I saw MAGLEV last century. |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
3. damn it, we just set the fastest train record a year or two ago |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
9. As far as I know, the maglevs are not yet in service in Japan |
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Lagomorph (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
10. I'd like to see how... |
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