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Obama Defers Transportation Redesign

Posted By Sheldon Richman

“After rejecting criticism that it is taking on too much, the Obama administration has identified one area where ambitious reforms will have to wait: overhauling the nation’s aging, congested and carbon-emitting transportation system.” (Washington Post [1], Friday)

Rome wasn’t built in a day.

FEE Timely Classic
“Should Government Build the Railroads?” [2] by Burton Folsom, Jr.


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[1] Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/25/AR2009062504055.html

[2] “Should Government Build the Railroads?”: http://www.thefreemanonline.org/featured/should-government-build-the-railroads/

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