Comments by "BaltimoreAndOhioRR" (@BaltimoreAndOhioRR) on "Why Trains Suck in America" video.

  1. yep. unions are a huge reason behind a lot of the declination of business and industry sectors in the US. :-(
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  2. +Ummagumma99 "Thank you for your wars - said no country ever" .......ummm, you better think that over again, or read up on some history. then go ask all the people that hitler, napolean, stalin, & numerous other countries, plus the animals in the middle east, WOULD have killed, enslaved, or simple taken over countries, had we not had wars. throughout history, MANY people have thanks us, and other nations, for 'our wars', since we saved them! and regarding your comment about the money part, what good would it be to spend all that money on a decent railroad, just to be invaded by russia or china, then have their govt forbid interstate travel??? or have islamic terrorists blow it up every day?
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  3. Another Amateur You have a perfect YouTube name. Everything you said is jibberish, and not true. Just made-up fantasy. Leave your cult. It's making you brain dead :-(
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  4. Erik E. germany is totally different than the US. there is no comparison. i could fill this page explaining all the reasons why, from the influx of 1 million immigrants a year, to protecting the entire free world (including the oceanic shipping lanes which allows germany to sell those cars to the rest of the world)...
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  5. ffjsb he didn't ask if they're profitable, he asked why they suck!
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  6. Erik E. no, i didn't prove your point at all! unions may work in germany, due to a whole list of factors. culture and demographics for just two. but in the US, unions are/have been a huge detriment to industry.
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  7. Another Amateur All that is union propaganda. Basically, BULL! Teachers unions are not in private or charter or religious schools, and THEY dont have 50 pupils per teacher! However they do have about 30% less cost per student, with MUCH better results! And yes, I can blame unions! What are the 'business and industry sectors' that have lost the most jobs and played a huge part in the 'ghost-towning' of American cities (and some states)? UNION JOBS. The steel industry. The auto industry. Detroit. Pittsburgh. Whenever someone uses "the 1%" in their argument, I know they are ignorant and full of it. Who are these 1%? What designates the 1%? Can you name just one of these 1% people? Just off the top of my head, I would guess that both Bill Gates and Steve jobs (was) 1%ers.... you know they are both leftist Democrats. Ok, so the relatively small amount of police officers in SF Bay can thank the union for getting them $150k a year. Does that mean EVERYBODY else can BLAME the union for making their taxes go up?
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  8. Riley Vandewater I understand all that, and it's kind of the point I was making. According to the pro-Union types, "private run" non-Union schools should be cramming as many students in each class to use as few teachers as possible, and paying them as little as possible, too. However, the opposite is true. Because their existence is dependent on outcome / results, (the opposite of union beliefs) everyone at the school tries harder to produce results - because their job is on the line. I worked in, and was pro - Union for 17 years. I know what unions are about. Unions are about getting the most money and benefits, for the least amount of work. Not the way to build a business, or sustain a successful industry.
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  9. phillyslasher do you really think they would only pay you minimum wage? really??????? non-union truckers make more than min wage. many companies can barely find workers for min wage. why do you think the rr's could find workers to do those jobs for min???? the answer - they cant, and they wouldnt!! and everyone knows it! if youre in the union now, of course you will side with the union and say and do anything to keep your position/wages/work rules/etc... i was there, i know how union members think. i know how the union teaches its members to think, and to act towards the uninformed public ;-)
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  10. phillyslasher I do know how rr's work, just as I know how corporations work. And how unions work. I guarantee you, if the rr got rid of unions today, whatever workers they have will make more than min wage, more than 10$, I guarantee it. That's just the propaganda pro-Union people must say, to justify their existence. I'm not against you, I like trains, the railroads, their history, and I appreciate the jobs the workers do, from the entry level manual laborer to the veteran engineers. It's just that I see what damage unions do. I worked for a legacy airline for 17 years and saw how the unions operate, how they condition the members to never do anything beyond the contract, never work any harder than necessary, never show that you can produce a little more because hey, they might not open up that extra position! I also saw the union thugs come down out of Pittsburgh to "persuade" us how to vote during our many strike or near strike negotiations. And yes, they looked and talked just like the stereotype!!
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  11. qqleq2 what private car companies bought flourishing privatized public transport companies?
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  12. ***** hahahhahaha stuck in 1942.... yeah, keep proving yourself to be a thick headed ignoramus who couldnt keep a real job without a union protecting you. and yes, we know nothing gets built in new york without the union getting its grease, due to the italian mafia. thats too bad, we probably paid 3x more and waited twice as long to have the freedom tower....... gotta keep the mafia happy :-(
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  13. ***** ....ok.....and youre still an ignorant moron....
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  14. +Jamessuperfun there is much more to our argument than you are understanding. Europe is a bunch of small, but crowded, countries quite close to each other. The citizens do not value personal freedom or responsibility as much as Americans do. They seem content to depend on Government for everything. Fewer people own their own car, and for the ones who do, often it is very small, gas is extremely expensive (as are all other car-owning costs, even a drivers license), most roads are very tight with little parking in the cities. American citizens strive for our independence and personal freedom. We all want to be able to go where we want, when we want to. Most of us dont want to be crammed into small city centers where we walk, bike, or use public transport for everything. We like to spread out, live away from the congestion, have large houses with large yards (gardens). For that extra $500 per month in taxes and 4x the price of gas, we would rather forgo the govt-dictated train routes & times, and simply buy our own car and travel as we want. This is not a knock on Europeans, just pointing out the differences in how we live. It's not just a case of us being 'ignorant'. * "It's literally the stereotypical ignorant American response of "Government is bad, freedom!!!" and ignoring any other viewpoint. Lets take one stupid comment at random. +rcdny You realise that the far better European systems discussed work on the opposite of what you're saying is best? The US is in this place because of it's lack of government intervention in the system."*
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  15. Ummagumma99 and you are acting like anyone cares about those semantics. you said no one ever said thanks for your wars, and i remended you that a lot of people have said thanks for our wars!
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  16. Resyncs if we cut out all public unions, we could also. or welfare, college tuition grants, all kinds of things. for one thing, we need to strengthen our military, and veterans depts, not cut them (its a dangerous world and its only getting worse, not better). i dont know how accurate your 2% figure is, but whatever number you have, its probably WAAAAY more than that. just like how amtrak is a money loser.
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