return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 1 month agoElon Musk suggests the U.S. should privatize the Postal Service and Amtrakwww.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square70fedilinkarrow-up137arrow-down15
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minus-squareAntY@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoI remember seeing an interview with Margaret Thatcher where she said that rail could never be successfully privatized. Just as a reminder of how extreme Musk’s ideas are.
minus-squareCurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoThatcher’s successor, John Major, oversaw the privatisation of British railways between 1994 and 1997.
minus-squareoverload@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoBritish Rail Service is so bloody expensive as well. Seems like you guys have these, essentially, per-track monopolies.
I remember seeing an interview with Margaret Thatcher where she said that rail could never be successfully privatized. Just as a reminder of how extreme Musk’s ideas are.
Thatcher’s successor, John Major, oversaw the privatisation of British railways between 1994 and 1997.
British Rail Service is so bloody expensive as well. Seems like you guys have these, essentially, per-track monopolies.