Company built its own rail terminal in NYC to avoid relying on trucks

Re:Company built its own rail terminal in NYC to avoid relyi... by TimTheTinker on Thursday May 01, 2025 @04:18PM (#43862886)

I take no position on which mode of transportation is preferable for others to take (though I have my own preferences, to be sure).

Where I come from, taxes are comparatively low. So it's weird to see people talking about them influencing their behavior so significantly. That's a lot of power the government has... I'd rather keep my money than let bureaucrats spend it to manipulate the public's behavior.

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Re:Company built its own rail terminal in NYC to avoid relyi... by Symbiote on Thursday May 01, 2025 @04:22PM (#43862936)

Taxes spent on building roads presumably significant influence your behavior.

Taxing cars puts the cost of those roads more directly on the users of them.

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Re:Company built its own rail terminal in NYC to avoid relyi... by TimTheTinker on Thursday May 01, 2025 @11:19PM (#43865870)

I'm not talking about building infrastructure or paying directly for things that cost money for the government to do, I'm talking about market manipulation.

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Re:Company built its own rail terminal in NYC to avoid relyi... by brnt on Friday May 02, 2025 @11:08PM (#43876586)

Wait till you discover how capitalists manipulate markets...

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