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blawson on May 31, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: The US has forgotten how to do infrastructure

Not a libertarian, but Japan apparently has 16 private railway companies, most of which are profitable:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Japan#Major_...

darksaints on May 31, 2017 [–]

That is a fairly natural outcome of having unsubsidized car and air travel.

It's really hard to claim libertarians believe uniformly in some things (they're wildly across the board on pretty much every issue), but most libertarians I know would cringe and fight back on higher gas taxes and airport fees.

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