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Re:For a Better Economy, Add Commuter Rail? by tossaway1 on Saturday August 13, 2016 @04:56PM (#12283061)
> RI could promote business growth

They tried that and it was a bit of a disaster...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/38_Studios

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Re:For a Better Economy, Add Commuter Rail? by jsferrei on Saturday August 13, 2016 @06:39PM (#12283421)
Total disaster. But it is possible to promote business growth without loaning $75 million out to a guy with no previous business experience (never mind technology company experience), right?
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Re:For a Better Economy, Add Commuter Rail? by __derek__ on Saturday August 13, 2016 @10:11PM (#12284005)
Yes, although it's similarly hard to run a program to promote growth without experience running that sort of program.
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