Is it true that they ride around on moose in Canada ? Serious question <| sep |> If the EU survives the next 2 years of elections in all remaining european states , then we can consider that her statementsolution has proven true , but the price , in form of Brexit might be considered too high anyway . That ' s not entirely her fault of course , but I think it ' s safe to lay some responsibility on her shoulders . It was probably the tipping point and may still be for the EU at large . <| sep |> Its only news on rpolitics if we can somehow blame Trump for it . <| sep |> If a 70 year old isn ' t a proficient smartphone user they ' re a technophobe ? <| sep |> Maybe I ' ve used the term too loosely , but Sky Harbor is a good example , as is Denver International , where I am . These facilities , as well as the myriad other general aviation facilities across the country , the radar and navigation systems , the runways , the hundreds of thousands of vehicles , the trains and buses serving the airports , ad infinitum , are all funded by taxpayers . A very large amount of the cost is met through usage fees , but ultimately almost every penny of the infrastructure bill is paid by citizens . Even the companies that build the aircraft , Boeing for example , wouldn ' t exist without public funding as in defense contracts . That is fudging it a bit I know , but it helps to see how terminally intertwined with public money every aspect of air transport truly is . . Airlines and commercial air haulers simply cannot operate profitably without this boost . If HSR were to get that sort of funding we ' d have it up and running in a decade .