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Critique of Midwest Rail Plan
Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2021 7:05 pm
by Sean N
Reporting that not much improvement with lot of money spent.
https://www.cato.org/blog/midwest-rail- ... NXgodBYXtI
Re: Critique of Midwest Rail Plan
Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2021 6:48 am
by DaveO
Cato is known to be slightly biased on such things.
Re: Critique of Midwest Rail Plan
Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2021 7:33 am
by Michael
Everyone is biased. Even if you saw a news piece covered straight which is almost never.
Just choosing which stories to cover and not cover shows a bias.
Re: Critique of Midwest Rail Plan
Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2021 7:43 am
by DaveO
"Federal funds also included $370 million to buy 88 passenger cars and 21 locomotives. So far, only four cars and one locomotive have been delivered. Basically, the states wasted $3.5 billion."
The article is dated November 23, 2021.
They are using outdated data from last year to justify this years article.
Just one instance of their bias, using outdated data to support their opinion.
"The vision of the Cato Institute is to create free, open, and civil societies founded on libertarian principles."
Their own statement about their bias.