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Re: NY congressman Higgins writes Amtrak's Moorman in support of reopening Buffalo Central Terminal |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Thu Mar 23 10:38:03 2017, in response to Re: NY congressman Higgins writes Amtrak's Moorman in support of reopening Buffalo Central Terminal, posted by Joe V on Wed Mar 22 18:16:51 2017. You also do not understand the difference between a long term loan and a subsidy and are trying to equate them. The land that they took from the Indians did not cost the government anything to begin withFirst, it did cost the government money. In addition to having to buy that land from France and from Mexico, they also had to use their military power to invade Mexico to force them to sell it* and had to continue using their military power to hold the territory and wrest it from the native tribes. Regardless, even if it were free to the government, that still wouldn't mean that the government isn't entitled to sell it at market rent. If you inherited property from someone, would you be unable to sell it at market rate just because you didn't pay anything for it? What you're also forgetting is that the land grants to the railroads where sold by the railroads, minus the ROW and any necessary railroad facilities, which money the railroad got to keep. The whole point was that the railroads would sell now marketable land alongside their ROWs which would allow them to recoup their investment. The concept of free market still exists in areas where the government participates in the market, even where it is an enforced monopoly. *The Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, ending the Mexican American War actually required the United States to PAY for the ceded territories despite the military victory. |
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