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Feds slow down timeline for faster Toronto-Quebec City railway | CBC News (www.cbc.ca)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Rail does not make rich people richer.

This is what's important to understand: in the neoliberal mindset, if something does not make rich people richer, it doesn't get done. Everything we do, and certainly every new endeavour, is about making rich people richer. Oh, there are some legacy services here and there from another era when governments actually did things, but you can be certain we'll sell or outsource anything that isn't nailed down.

Government exists to enforce the property rights of capital, and to direct tax dollars to the rich. That's it.