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Environmental Rail Subsidies Are a Waste of Taxpayer Money

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Environmental Rail Subsidies Are a Waste of Taxpayer Money
A truck crosses beneath the ongoing contruction of the high-speed railway in Fresno, Calif., on May 8, 2019. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images
Anders Corr
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High-speed rail subsidies for the purpose of decreasing emissions are a waste of taxpayer money. Private money isn’t being wasted—these high-speed trains couldn’t roll if they were limited to private funding sources, which are attendant to the bottom line.

Anders Corr
Anders Corr
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Anders Corr has a bachelor's/master's in political science from Yale University (2001) and a doctorate in government from Harvard University (2008). He is a principal at Corr Analytics Inc. and publisher of the Journal of Political Risk, and has conducted extensive research in North America, Europe, and Asia. His latest books are “The Concentration of Power: Institutionalization, Hierarchy, and Hegemony” (2021) and “Great Powers, Grand Strategies: the New Game in the South China Sea" (2018).
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