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Nationalize the railroads already these mfs refuse to put a crossing bar across some tracks that have killed like 11 people in the past two years near me

37 upvotes, 2 comments. Yik Yak image post by Anonymous in US Politics.

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Anonymous 1w

Our railroads already are (mostly) nationalized. Are you from Florida perhaps?

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Anonymous

#1 1w

I’m from anywhere in the country where every railroad is owned by a private corporation

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Anonymous

OP 1w

That’s nowhere

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Anonymous

#1 1w

Are you stuck pre-1920s? They returned the railways to their private pwners

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Anonymous

OP 1w

Are you from the US?

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Anonymous

#1 1w

Yes. Name one major railway controlled by the government

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Anonymous

OP 1w

Amtrak

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Anonymous

#1 1w

Now name a freight railway owned by the government

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Anonymous

OP 1w

The reason freight wasn’t nationalized when rail was is that it’s a still-functioning private business model, and it is heavily regulated, which is good.

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