Rail Freight

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If the FED is perceived as being swayed by the call of the politicians you all are fked. That means the political dysfunction has infected monetary policy and the economy.

[Sooner or later]

If?
Perceived?
You all?

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Originally Posted by Sooner or later

If?
Perceived?
You all?

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/05/former-fed-chairs-volcker-greenspan-bernanke-and-yellen-call-for-independent-fed-in-wsj-op-ed.html

Now why do ya think all 4 of the still living past FED Chairman made comment?

[john70t]

Originally Posted by rattlsnak

FDX just announced on Friday a huge billion dollar hub expansion project to try to keep up with the unprecedented eCommerce demand/ boom.

Bulk and mass transportation is still the most efficient(cheapest) method to move products and people long distances.

Like carotid arteries on a flat map except with multiple overlapping hearts and multiple limbs extending into the distal .
Every day the circulation cycles repeat again.

The problem is that personal auto traffic clogs the majority of those routes.
This blocks everything equally: urgent and non urgent alike.
It also makes bicycle and pedestrian traffic much more hazardous when they are mixed together with semis and limits all other commuting options.

Many of the originating sources are ports, airports, and highways importing goods.
That could all change in the future if the sources of production relocate...but would our current infrastructure let this happen?
Would it be flexible enough to reconfigure easily?
What about new high-speed transportation means such as pneumatic tubes and the like?

Trains work wonderfully when they are dependable and safe and available but require a great time and great expense to plan-ahead for.
The best time to build new train routes is during the good economic times...when nobody cares...

All these competing systems run on one plane but we should be thinking of new ways to separate them all.
Run trains down the center of highways. Run subways underground. Covered raised throughways for bicyclists. Auto and pedestrian on ground level.
Kumbaya.

[Sooner or later]

Originally Posted by tabs

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/05/former-fed-chairs-volcker-greenspan-bernanke-and-yellen-call-for-independent-fed-in-wsj-op-ed.html

Now why do ya think all 4 of the still living past FED Chairman made comment?

Do you consider yourself immune to the upcoming Armageddon? It seems that way when you state "you all are ******"

You haven't been preaching about a recession. You have been preaching Armageddon.

[Sooner or later]

Also, from the article.


"The former leaders of the Fed emphasized that the Fed’s powers are appropriately checked by Congress."

Who would we want to appoint the Fed representatives to avoid "perceived " political pressure?

Perception may not be actual fact.

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Originally Posted by Sooner or later

Also, from the article.


"The former leaders of the Fed emphasized that the Fed’s powers are appropriately checked by Congress."

Who would we want to appoint the Fed representatives to avoid "perceived " political pressure?

Perception may not be actual fact.

Well Duh...I just look to what your perceptions are as articulated to verify that fact.

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Originally Posted by Sooner or later

Do you consider yourself immune to the upcoming Armageddon? It seems that way when you state "you all are ******"

You haven't been preaching about a recession. You have been preaching Armageddon.

NO I am not immune...I am of an age where doing something different wouldn't be of much benefit..

The upcoming Armageddon will probably kill me...

[RWebb]

esp. if it's an Armadillo Armageddon